Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Scientist claims Mars has 'contemporary' life

This is getting good!
NDTV.com

A leading international space scientist says there is now clear evidence of life on Mars but that American authorities are hesitating from announcing it for political reasons.

'The discovery of liquid water on Mars combined with earlier discoveries of organic substances in a meteorite that came from Mars, and also of methane in the Martian atmosphere all point to the existence of life -- contemporary life -- on the Red Planet,' said Chandra Wickramasinghe, a globally renowned astrobiologist.
I don't think 'contemporary' means they shop at IKEA.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think I just peed a little. Why is that last line so funny to me?