White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life

Well, there's a headline for you, eh?

This goes beyond the recent NASA announcement that we've verified water on Mars: "The White House has been alerted by NASA about plans to make an announcement soon on major new Phoenix lander discoveries concerning the 'potential for life' on Mars."

Click the image to see the story. Disclaimer: Image does not necessarily represent Martian life.

Whoah! Archiving the rest of the article here, just in case the gov't decides to make this hush-hush (they're not planning to officially release the info until mid-August):
( click for article archive )

Thanks for the tip, stonetable!

Best,
Chris

White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life

Well, there's a headline for you, eh?

This goes beyond the recent NASA announcement that we've verified water on Mars: "The White House has been alerted by NASA about plans to make an announcement soon on major new Phoenix lander discoveries concerning the 'potential for life' on Mars."

Click the image to see the story. Disclaimer: Image does not necessarily represent Martian life.

Whoah! Archiving the rest of the article here, just in case the gov't decides to make this hush-hush (they're not planning to officially release the info until mid-August):
( click for article archive )

Thanks for the tip, stonetable!

Best,
Chris