It seems that Richard Hoover's conclusions are basically being rejected by the scientific community.
Rosie Redfield, a microbiologist in British Columbia, concludes saying:
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As evidence for life this is pathetic.
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MSNBC’s Cosmic Log, science journalist Alan Boyle consulted some scientists, and they are clear as well. Rocco Mancinelli at Bay Area Environmental Research Institute said:
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As a microbiologist who has looked at thousands of microbes through a microscope, and done some of my own electron microscopy, I see no convincing evidence that these particles are of biological origin.
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Penny Boston, astrobiologist at New Mexico Tech says:
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Showing that the bug that you have actually is NOT a contaminant organism that made its way into a meteorite is a practically unsolvable problem. If you turn up an organism whose chemistry, way of coding information, or something else (besides morphology) indicates that it is significantly (and I MEAN significantly) different from anything that has ever been seen on Earth, THEN you might have a chance of proving this. Pictures of tube shaped structures don’t do it.
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Phil Plait says:
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Bottom line: given what scientists are saying now, together with my initial reactions and further thought, it’s my personal opinion that Hoover’s claims are wrong. There are way, way too many red flags here. As a scientist and a skeptic I have to leave some room, no matter how small, for the idea that this might be correct. But that room is tiny indeed, and it looks to me that the search for life beyond Earth will continue, and in time will eventually produce scientifically rigorous results.
But that time is not yet here.
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The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) awarded Hoover one of JREF's 'Pigasus Awards', … a 'Dubious Honor for Dubious Claims'.
Interestingly, Richard Hoover also appeared on the very last episode of 'Brian Cox's Wonders of the Solar System: Aliens', to add 'weight' to the possibility that exo-extremophiles could actually live in solid water ice.
Sorry Richard ...
Looks like no one of repute accepts your latest work.
Better luck next time.
Cheers
