Re: Is Mars habitable? Well, maybe. (NASA does youtube classes) - Answer is YES

On 11/4/2021 4:23 AM, 98.6% wrote:
> On 11/2/2021 7:04 PM, a425couple wrote:
>> from
>> https://www.nasa.gov/feature/episode-2-we-asked-a-nasa-scientist-is-mars-habitable 
>>
>>
>> Is Mars habitable? Well, maybe.
>>
>> The question is, "Is it habitable and for whom?"
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>> We have been trying to definitively answer whether or not Mars is 
>> habitable, and as of yet, the answer is still definitely maybe.
>>

Interesting answer.  Thanks.
Good to hear from you 98.6%.

> 
> Almost the entire northern hemisphere of Mars has soil
> with up to 50% water/ice just meters or tens of meters
> below the surface. In addition the soil is mineral
> rich ideal for microbial growth, and as you go deeper
> the protection from the solar radiation increases.
> The near subsurface of almost half of Mars is ideal
> conditions for life.
> 
> Is life there now? The answer is almost certainly yes.
> I'll make the case for it below.
> 
> The new ideas of self organizing systems and emergence
> would strongly suggest the universe is teeming with life.
> 
> And the /very first planet/ we looked closely for life
> elsewhere, Mars, show strong evidence that microbial life
> is there.
> 
> This conclusion is  backed up by the finding of the Mars
> rovers which has caused the field of astrobiology to
> explode like few other disciplines ever.
> 
> For instance in 2012 the astrobiology conference
> had a few dozen posters presented mostly by starry-eyed
> graduate students. But look at the last NASA astrobiology
> conference in 2017, more papers than you can count
> and by top flight universities. Almost all oriented
> around life elsewhere and how to find it. That's not
> a coincidence, the findings of the rovers have created
> a race to be the first to prove life is there. A race
> like few others in scientific history.
> 
> LOOK for yourself at this link....
> 
> 2017 Abscicon Author list (A-K)
> https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2017/authorindex.cfm
> 
> 
> The field didn't explode like this after the rovers
> by accident, they know what they found, microbial life
> is almost certainly there just meters below the surface.
> And literally the entire northern hemisphere of Mars
> just underground is an ideal habitat for microbial life.
> 
> A few pics from Mars as teasers.
> 
> Can you explain this using only geological explanations?
> It's /not/ possible. Geology tends to create highly
> unique or non repetitive structure. Such massively
> and identically similar structures like this is
> the hallmark of life, not geology. And especially
> microbial life
> 
> https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/2/m/709/2M189317905EFFAL00P2956M2M1.JPG 
> 
> 
> And Mars is far from dry, when the atmosphere thinned
> the water merely went underground, and most of it
> is still there. Not far beneath the surface.
> 
> For instance...
> 
> A Frozen Ocean the Size of the North Sea
> https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1741.pdf
> 
> 
> And this /razor flat/ horizon can only be created by
> ...recent body of water or ice. This used to be a
> shallow underground body of water/ice that dried up
> and was later exposed by erosion, it's the bottom
> of a shallow underground sea.
> 
> http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/405/tn/1P164131978EFF5000P2663L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg.html 
> 
> 
> 
> And this exposed sea floor is coated from horizon
> to horizon by the Martian spheres, all coming
> in three /uniform/ sizes. Countless billions
> of them like these.
> 
> http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/530/tn/1P175230555EFF5702P2456L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg.html 
> 
> 
> http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/123/tn/1P139098299EFF2809P2267L5M1_L2L5L5L6L6.jpg.html 
> 
> 
> https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_m014.html
> 
> https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/m/105/1M137503553EFF2208P2956M2M1.HTML 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You can see their process of growth due to
> repeated soaking clearly in the sphere in
> the...lower left...of this pic, in
> the sphere that has a half shell.
> 
> https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/m/106/1M137593860EFF2208P2956M2M1.JPG 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> This stunning pic may show their ongoing
> formation. This is a pic of a patch of soft
> clay like sphere rich soil.
> 
> http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/012/tn/1P129250922EFF0224P2374L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg.html 
> 
> 
> Yes, clay on the surface of Mars.
> 
> 
> PHY.ORG
> Martian 'blueberries' could be clues to presence of life
> 
> Previous theories suggested these concretions were formed
> by simple chemical reactions without the help of life.
> However, new UWA research shows clear evidence that microbes
> were essential in their formation.
> 
> This raises the possibility that Martian "blueberries" may
> not only reveal that water was present on Mars - but life too.
> 
> UWA scientists David Wacey and Matt Kilburn used
> high-resolution NanoSIMS technology at the University's
> Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis to
> show clear relationships in the Utah concretions between
> microbe-like forms and concentrations of biological
> elements such as carbon and nitrogen.
> 
> Their findings - in collaboration with scientists from
> the University of Nebraska - feature on the front cover
>   of the August issue of the journal Geology.
> 
> University of Nebraska Assistant Professor Karrie Weber
> said UWA's CMCA facility - which is used to study
> everything from early life on Earth to cancer drugs,
>   plant biology, rocks and soils, and nanotechnology
> - was chosen because of its demonstrated success in
> identifying microbial fossils.
> 
> Read more at: 
> https://phys.org/news/2012-09-martian-blueberries-clues-presence-life.html#jCp 
> 
> 
> 
> Journal of Astrobiology and Space Science Reviews,
> Vol 1, 40-81, 2019
> 
> JournalofAstrobiology.com/EvidenceofLifeonMars.html
> 
> 
> 
> Evidence of Life on Mars?
> 
> 1. Overview: The Evidence
> 
> Presented here is a body of evidence and observations which
> do not prove but supports the hypothesis Mars was, and is, a
> living planet hosting prokaryotes, lichens, and fungi.
> This evidence includes:
> 
> https://www.astro.umd.edu/~hamilton/teaching/HONR289Vspring19/Handouts/LifeOnMars.pdf 
>