Richard Hoover of NASA claims to have found alien microbes inside of a meteorite (right side, left side is a real terrestrial bacterium). I predict 2 types of responses: pathological rejection and people who equate this with sentient space faring beings. Frankly I think panspermia is the only theory of evolution which makes much sense. [...]
Alien Microbes
March 8th, 2011 · No Comments
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Where are the aliens?
October 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments
“Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist. The planet is not habitable but it has the same chemistry that, if found around a rocky planet in [...]
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Tiny screws in space
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments
John Grunsfeld just dedicated his HST ACS repair work to “the study of the behavior of small screws in space.” For the original Simpsons episode from Season 5 click here. Related posts Hubble repairs (0) Where are the aliens? (3) Alien Microbes (0)
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Hubble repairs
May 11th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s not science fiction today, but 50 years ago this repair mission would have been considered a great scifi story. Here’s a link to the detailed mission timeline and NASA TV website. Rendezvous is Wednesday morning, grapple is 11:54AM CDT. EVA #1 begins early Thursday. If you are reading this in the future you already [...]
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