Comments on: News Flash: Life on Titan! http://blogwaffe.com/2005/01/21/216/ Witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational blog station Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:44:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MDA http://blogwaffe.com/2005/01/21/216/#comment-143 MDA Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:24:57 +0000 http://www.blogwaffe.com:8000/2005/01/21/216/#comment-143 I think these Mars to Earth theories are based on the idea that Mars was warm and wet at some point in its history, and further that this Martian era occurred before Earth was able to support life (as we know it). Though I don't know anything about Solar System History. But you're right, it does seem more likely that life would evolve on Earth than be transplanted here. Unless the Life on Mars (or wherever) had an active space program, of course. I think these Mars to Earth theories are based on the idea that Mars was warm and wet at some point in its history, and further that this Martian era occurred before Earth was able to support life (as we know it). Though I don’t know anything about Solar System History.

But you’re right, it does seem more likely that life would evolve on Earth than be transplanted here. Unless the Life on Mars (or wherever) had an active space program, of course.

]]> By: Paul.za http://blogwaffe.com/2005/01/21/216/#comment-141 Paul.za Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:16:19 +0000 http://www.blogwaffe.com:8000/2005/01/21/216/#comment-141 You'll no doubt be pleased to know that the ... provocative title of this post had the desired effect -- on me at least. I was sufficiently shocked to be simultaneously opening Google News and your site. I hope you're pleased with what you've done! Your thoughts, however, remind me of the idea that some people have that life on, say, Earth could have come from spores on asteroids knocked out of Mars by larger collisions. I've always bee puzzled why these people seed the need to invoke life on Mars (not observed) and transfer of that life (not impossible, but not easy), in order to avoid postulating that life just evolved on Earth -- warm, wet Earth. On the other hand, the idea that Earth might have been bombarded by complex organic molecules (though not life) from comets and such is more plausible, I suppose. You’ll no doubt be pleased to know that the … provocative title of this post had the desired effect — on me at least. I was sufficiently shocked to be simultaneously opening Google News and your site. I hope you’re pleased with what you’ve done!

Your thoughts, however, remind me of the idea that some people have that life on, say, Earth could have come from spores on asteroids knocked out of Mars by larger collisions. I’ve always bee puzzled why these people seed the need to invoke life on Mars (not observed) and transfer of that life (not impossible, but not easy), in order to avoid postulating that life just evolved on Earth — warm, wet Earth.

On the other hand, the idea that Earth might have been bombarded by complex organic molecules (though not life) from comets and such is more plausible, I suppose.

]]>