Comments on: Curiosity finds evidence of complex carbon molecules

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:15:01 +0000

In reply to John L. John L: Hilarious. I can't stop laughing.

By: John L

John L — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 01:50:36 +0000

“Milton Keynes, U.K., believes the compounds somehow formed on Mars because she thinks it’s highly unlikely that the rover dug into a site where an ancient meteorite fell.”

Ummm… well, they’re inside a giant CRATER, sooo….

I’m sure they knew that and discounted it, but it’s kinda a funny statement.

By: Phill O

Phill O — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 02:27:35 +0000

“What they have found are the types of molecules that are often left behind by life, but can also form without the presence of life.”

Much of this statement is based on an assumption that the carbon reserves are from fossils. This may not be true! One must keep an open mind.

Try working from a model where the carbon on the solar planets were deposited during the earth’s formation. A whole different conclusions will build from this.

Bob, the latter part of the statement is absolutely true.

By: Localfluff

Localfluff — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:08:47 +0000

Great! Carbon except for as CO2 in the atmosphere has been strangely absent on Mars AFAIK. I suppose one has to brush off the dust.