The White House is Briefed: Phoenix About to Announce "Potential For Life" on Mars


	The White House is Briefed: Phoenix About to Announce "Potential For Life" on Mars

Silkweaver

8-3-2008 2:58 PM

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space, mars, nasa, jpl, life on mars, lgm

Silkweaver says:

Is this another media spin or the real thing ?
Next, JPL scientists are going to be challenged with finding life on earth....

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8-3-2008 6:04 PM

silvanaraihane

who can tell silk! they come out with something exstraordinary every day! who knows what is real or false anymore!

8-3-2008 11:19 PM

Oortcloud

I get sick of hype like this. If its false then people have a huge let down and then ignore any future findings or outright disbelieve them. If its true then by the time its validated people are tired of hearing about it.

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