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Hi Nick
I thought the video suggested there was much more life than previously thought although I think they have not yet completed a head count.
I dont think the scientists have been preoccupied with little green men as that sort of thing comes from the sensationalism employed by "science writers" (journalists to be clear☺.)
To find life would be most helpful I expect and at that level to answer the question ...is it similar or entirely different to what we know.
Would its discovery cause a rethink of the various creation myths.
Would we get a new group of nutters saying it is nothing more than a NASA hoax ... well of course we would.
And when drilling holes we may find gold or fossil remains of an ancient civilization who never used facebook.
Anyways looking for life is much better than wasting money on hunting for very old gravity waves from billions of years ago which do little more than prove GR is right yet again.
Now thats a tiresome aspect of science journalism...just how many science articles have the header "General Relativity proved right yet again"....that is a tiresome headline particularly given it probably been used ever since the theory first was presented.
How much better a new headline.
Life found on Mars for the first time ... and hopefully a sensible discussion of what such tells us about ...well life☺.
Alex
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