Re: SPACE: Re: Economic Role for Manned Space Stations

From: Alintelbot@aol.com
Date: Wed Jul 28 1999 - 18:54:50 MDT


Brian writes:

>I side with atmospheric chemist James Lovelock on this. Mars has a
>chemical steady-state atmosphere, (and very little of that) and
>therefore it is unlikely that it supports life.

There are good arguments either way. I predict that we will find extant
microbial life, but that's just me. What's truly fascinating, ironically
enough, is the potential of finding a _dead_ biosphere. Mars wasn't always
steady-state...

--Mac Tonnies



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