Nasa chief scientist: 'We’re close to finding and announcing alien life on Mars....but is the world ready?

The world is not prepared for the discovery of life on another planet even though it may only be a couple of years away, Nasa’s Chief Scientist has warned.

Next summer, two rovers from Nasa and the European Space Agency (ESA), will travel to Mars to drill horizontally into rocks and deep into the surface, in the hope of finding evidence of living organisms.

The missions are the best chance humanity has ever had of answering the question: ‘Are we alone in the universe?’

Dr Jim Green, who has been instrumental in both missions, told The Telegraph that there is a real possibility that one or both will be successful. Yet it would have far-reaching implications, and he believes Earth is not ready. ...


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/09/28/nasa-chief-scientist-close-finding-alien-life-making-announcementsbut/

A few Microbes ? I can't wait to find out !

nicko wrote:A few Microbes ?   I can't wait to find out !

Me too mate

nicko wrote:A few Microbes ?   I can't wait to find out !

And when they are discovered, for Christ's sake don't ridicule them...you'll be accused of racism.

Personally, I only hope that Martians don't have an entirely different form of sexual orientation to us. If we have to go beyond the present LBGTQ when describing folk we're going to start running out of alphabetical characters.

+1

Never doubted that life didn’t exist on other planets.