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Tremendous news:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040302/ap_on_sc/mars_rovers_28
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3524275.stm
It changes the answer to the question "Was there ever life on Mars?" to a stronger "maybe". Personally, I wonder if we would recognize the signs of life, if it were that much difference from our own... however, it can be argued that there are certain chemical processes that would be common to any lifeform involved in a carbon-cycle paradigm, and that those could be discerned from remaining evidence.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040302/ap_on_sc/mars_rovers_28
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3524275.stm
It changes the answer to the question "Was there ever life on Mars?" to a stronger "maybe". Personally, I wonder if we would recognize the signs of life, if it were that much difference from our own... however, it can be argued that there are certain chemical processes that would be common to any lifeform involved in a carbon-cycle paradigm, and that those could be discerned from remaining evidence.
