Comments on: Native of Mars or https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19545 TB Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:35:05 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19545 I know a flower petal when I see it... :) I know a flower petal when I see it… :)

]]> By: RobVG https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19544 RobVG Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:14:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19544 <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16230.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> Here

]]> By: johannes https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19360 johannes Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:08:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19360 The scientists say that the item is a piece of plastic, I have no idea how they determined that, but I suspect that if they used the X ray spectrometer on it, they would get an indication of carbon and hydrogen comtent. But then on the other hand, is not life bearing things such as flora and fauna also a carbon and hydrogen combination? The scientists say that the item is a piece of plastic, I have no idea how they determined that, but I suspect that if they used the X ray spectrometer on it, they would get an indication of carbon and hydrogen comtent.
But then on the other hand, is not life bearing things such as flora and fauna also a carbon and hydrogen combination?

]]> By: johannes https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19359 johannes Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:52:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19359 The tiny speck is not a Martian rock. If you magnify the speck, it looks like it is upright, at least the shadow seems to indicate that. If it is upright, then it is interesting as to how it landed in that position, assuming that it came from the rover or the landing of all the equipment. Then on the other hand, since we are assuming that it came from Earth, rather than being from Mars, we can ignore it and forget about it. The question remains though: Do we know what the flora and fauna on Mars looks like, or may have looked like during the wet times? The tiny speck is not a Martian rock.
If you magnify the speck, it looks like it is upright, at least the shadow seems to indicate that.
If it is upright, then it is interesting as to how it landed in that position, assuming that it came from the rover or the landing of all the equipment.
Then on the other hand, since we are assuming that it came from Earth, rather than being from Mars, we can ignore it and forget about it.
The question remains though: Do we know what the flora and fauna on Mars looks like, or may have looked like during the wet times?

]]> By: RobVG https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19313 RobVG Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:47:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19313 Thanks Johannes, that's interesting. Thanks Johannes, that’s interesting.

]]> By: bowser https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19310 bowser Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:06:12 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19310 A Higher Power has engineered and built a creature to inhabit Mars. Precisely for Mars, without the ability to function elsewhere. It has limited energy, cannot reproduce, but it is a native of Mars. Mechanical Panspermia, demonstrating to all who may follow that there was another culture who could stretch itself around a Solar System a little bit. Maybe not "living" proof, but proof noneheless. A Higher Power has engineered and built a creature to inhabit Mars. Precisely for Mars, without the ability to function elsewhere. It has limited energy, cannot reproduce, but it is a native of Mars.

Mechanical Panspermia, demonstrating to all who may follow that there was another culture who could stretch itself around a Solar System a little bit.

Maybe not “living” proof, but proof noneheless.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/10/10/native-of-mars-or/#comment-19304 TB Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:11:32 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=23690#comment-19304 With the various ejection operations and a big crash in the neighborhood during the landing, I'd be surprised if tiny bits of machinery and man-made thingies aren't spread quite far across the landscape. Something like a piece of mylar could blow for hundreds of yards. More information <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-316" rel="nofollow">here.</a> With the various ejection operations and a big crash in the neighborhood during the landing, I’d be surprised if tiny bits of machinery and man-made thingies aren’t spread quite far across the landscape. Something like a piece of mylar could blow for hundreds of yards.

More information here.

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