Life On Mars – Did NASA Probes Kill Life On Mars?
Date: 01/08/07 Theory – NASA as Killers There was a tee shirt I remember seeing when I was younger (and it may still be around) that read, “Join the army, meet interesting people, kill them.” One Washington State University geology professor wonders if NASA may have accidentally had a similar experience on Mars. At a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, Dirk Schulze-Makuch presented his theory in a paper, which was released Sunday. He bases his ideas on more recent discoveries of conditions in which life can develop. Viking Missions Viking was a twin spacecraft mission, consisting of Viking 1 and Viking 2, launched within a couple of weeks of each other in 1975. Their landers reached the surface Mars in July and September successively. They took f
