The London Sunday Times:
July 17, 2005
FAR from discovering life on Mars, Nasa may have put it there. The American space agency believes the two rover spacecraft scuttling across the red planet are carrying bacteria from Earth, writes John Harlow.
The bacteria, bacillus safensis, were found in a chamber in California that had been used to test the rovers. Officials believe it is likely some of the microbes, possibly from scientistsâ skin, were on board when the mission left.
The craft, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars last year. One key task was to look for signs of life â now it seems that if there are any organisms, it is man who has put them there. If proved, the contamination would raise concerns at possible breaches of a United Nations treaty to stop other planets being polluted from Earth.
The claims have been made by Kasthuri Venkateswaran, a microbiologist at Nasaâs spacecraft assembly plant in Pasadena. His tests have shown the microbes could survive space travel, the landing on Mars and the planetâs bitter -60C climate. It is believed the bacteria are living inside the electronic circuitry of the two landers.
The error is revealed in Out of Eden by Alan Burdick, a book to be published in Britain this year.
A Nasa spokesman said there were âmassive oddsâ against the microbes becoming established on the planet.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20...1697332,00.html
I read Massive odds from NASA as 1 chance in 2.
Well who's going to protect US from the UN? (the ORIGINAL rat bastards)
And since when does Batswanahole and Namnibabubaduuuu have a space program? Hell they cant afford to feed the sacred cows, let alone JP4 for low earth orbit. And they want to tell us what to do.
UN, my ass.
Duck
July 17, 2005
FAR from discovering life on Mars, Nasa may have put it there. The American space agency believes the two rover spacecraft scuttling across the red planet are carrying bacteria from Earth, writes John Harlow.
The bacteria, bacillus safensis, were found in a chamber in California that had been used to test the rovers. Officials believe it is likely some of the microbes, possibly from scientistsâ skin, were on board when the mission left.
The craft, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars last year. One key task was to look for signs of life â now it seems that if there are any organisms, it is man who has put them there. If proved, the contamination would raise concerns at possible breaches of a United Nations treaty to stop other planets being polluted from Earth.
The claims have been made by Kasthuri Venkateswaran, a microbiologist at Nasaâs spacecraft assembly plant in Pasadena. His tests have shown the microbes could survive space travel, the landing on Mars and the planetâs bitter -60C climate. It is believed the bacteria are living inside the electronic circuitry of the two landers.
The error is revealed in Out of Eden by Alan Burdick, a book to be published in Britain this year.
A Nasa spokesman said there were âmassive oddsâ against the microbes becoming established on the planet.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20...1697332,00.html
I read Massive odds from NASA as 1 chance in 2.
If proved, the contamination would raise concerns at possible breaches of a United Nations treaty to stop other planets being polluted from Earth.
Well who's going to protect US from the UN? (the ORIGINAL rat bastards)
And since when does Batswanahole and Namnibabubaduuuu have a space program? Hell they cant afford to feed the sacred cows, let alone JP4 for low earth orbit. And they want to tell us what to do.
UN, my ass.
Duck