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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP01 May 2018 3:37 p.m. PST

,,,, attempt to find out if it can support alien life

"Nasa and the European Space Agency are to bring Martian rocks back to Earth in a daring plan to understand whether the planet could support alien life.

Retrieving soil samples from the red planet could be a breakthrough in our understanding of whether it has the potential to support life. But it will also be an incredibly difficult and complex mission, requiring a series of launches and complex navigation of space.

The two space agencies have now signed a statement of intent to launch such a mission, so that they can be examined back on Earth…"
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Cacique Caribe01 May 2018 5:52 p.m. PST

Hang on, I saw this one.

It's called the Sandkings (1995). Oh wait, it's called Species II (1998). Hold on, it's Life (2017).

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Mithmee01 May 2018 6:25 p.m. PST

So we now know what is going to cause the Zombie Outbreak on this planet.

As Caribe stated we have seen this in a movie.

Bowman02 May 2018 4:03 a.m. PST

That's not how the George R R Martin story "Sandkings" (of 1979 by the way) starts. The new Outer Limits version from 1995 is execrable . Check out the new and old version of "The Inheritors", or how they butchered the brilliant Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street". If that's your exposure to the "Sandkings" then go find the book.

Rant over.

Previous Mars missions revealed ancient streambeds and the right chemistry that could have supported microbial life on the Red Planet," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA. "A sample would provide a critical leap forward in our understanding of Mars's potential to harbour life.

Isn't that what the Curiosity Rover has been doing for the last six years?

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