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iamjoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 02:33 PM
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Who Farted? Methane Gas Detected On Mars
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Methane gas detected on Mars could be a sign of extraterrestrial life, scientists announced Thursday.
But don't get ready for E.T. just yet. There are many possible explanations for the methane, and tiny Martian critters are just one.

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Methane is a gas that, on Earth, is made naturally by plants and animals, such as in wetlands and in cows' stomachs. On Mars, methane is much rarer. It isn't produced in the atmosphere and would likely be destroyed there by chemical reactions within a few hundred years.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/space/orl-asecmethane12111204nov12,0,3328672.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 02:34 PM
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1. That's assuming spacemen fart methane. >
They might fart oxygen. Or rosewater.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 02:36 PM
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2. Exactly.
Which is why I'm always amused when we look only for specific indicators that are pretty earth-only for "signs of life"
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 02:37 PM
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3. I just visited a coalbed methane gas well this morning
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GHOSTDANCER Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 02:37 PM
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4. probably some lifeform that was left there by our crap.
We may have accidentely seeded our neighboring planet.
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Cadfael Donating Member (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 02:58 PM
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5. Blame it on the dog
that's what I always do....;-)
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Alan Smithee Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:01 PM
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7. Would that be Pluto?
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:01 PM
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6. Excuse me.
Sorry.
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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:10 PM
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8. Who cut the (green) cheese?
I confess, the moon did it.
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