Cidersomerset
18th December 2014, 22:39
I know most on here speculate and think we have had bases on mars and
elsewhere for decades. I have noticed and been putting up threads about the
imminent manned expeditions to the Moon and Mars in the next decade or so.
One-way Ticket to Mars 4 men & woman scheduled for 2023....... (RT Documentary)
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?77643-One-way-Ticket-to-Mars-4-men-woman-scheduled-for-2023.......--RT-Documentary-
As I have said on previous threads it will be easier to explain off world military
bases , if we have public ones up there as well .This would also mean disclosure
is some way off, but events could change.
They seem to be saying life was probably on Mars and is probably all over the universe...
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NASA | Need To Know: Sample Analysis at Mars Findings
UN0Zj4SIz1A
Published on 16 Dec 2014
There’s big news coming out of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite (SAM)
on NASA’s Curiosity rover. For the first time, organic matter has definitively been
detected on Mars. In addition to finding organic compounds in rocks, SAM has also
detected sharp increases and decreases in methane levels in the atmosphere. MSL
participating scientist, Danny Glavin, explains these findings and what they tell us
about our search for life on the Red Planet.
This video is public domain and can be downloaded at:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...
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Evidence of life on Mars? NASA rover finds methane, organic chemicals
uWzx2QSViqA
Published on 16 Dec 2014
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover finds methane in the Martian atmosphere and organic
chemicals in the planet's soil, the latest hint that Mars was once suitable for microbial
life. Linda So reports.
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Did NASA’s Mars rover just find proof of alien life?
KC4J4Rmz_Rc
Published on 17 Dec 2014
NASA’s “Curiosity” rover on Mars has found potential evidence of former life on the red
planet. The spacecraft has sent data back to Earth indicating large methane spikes,
leading some to believe they are close to finding long-awaited Martian life. RT’s Lindsay
France details the findings.
Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/
Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/
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THE TELEGRAPH.......
Life on Mars: Nasa finds first hint of alien life
Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover has discovered spikes of methane, a gas usually produced
by biological life, the first evidence of living organisms outside Earth
vid on link...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11297326/Life-on-Mars-Nasa-finds-first-hint-of-alien-life.html
Sarah Knapton
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
6:30PM GMT 16 Dec 2014
The first hints of life on Mars have been discovered by Nasa.
Intriguing ‘burps’ of methane have been recorded by the Curiosity Rover which may
have been produced by bacteria. Most methane on Earth is produced as a waste gas by
living organisms. Curiosity has previously found water bound in the fine soil of the Red
Planet, believed to be crucial to life. But if the existence of living, breathing microbes is
confirmed, it will be the first evidence of life outside Earth.
“What is interesting is that these spikes of methane are coming and going. They are
transient,” said Dr Paul Mahaffy at Nasa.
“At the moment we can’t really tell anything, but these burps are intriguing. We have to
keep an open mind.
“We don’t want to eliminate anything, and potentially it could indicate life or evidence of
ancient methane trapped which could show ancient life.
“But it’s interesting to think about why it comes and goes. It seems to be suggestive of
a localised source.”
Nasa claims that with more readings it would be possible to test isotope levels which
would prove if the emissions came from a biological source.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is around half the diameter of Earth.
However it is less dense than Earth, having around 15 per cent volume and about 11
per cent mass.
Its red appearance is caused by iron oxide, which gives blood and rust their colour.
Scientists are divided on what caused the reddening. Some think rain storms billions of
years ago caused iron on the surface to rust.
Curiosity has been exploring Mars’ Gale Crater, a 96 mile wide depression caused by an
asteroid strike, since 2012.
vid on link....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11297326/Life-on-Mars-Nasa-finds-first-hint-of-alien-life.html
Previous satellite observations have detected unusual plumes of methane on the planet,
but none as extraordinary as the sudden "venting" measured at the crater.
The new discovery, reported in the journal Science, came from gas samples by
Curiosity's Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TAS), an instrument that uses intense light to
carry out chemical analysis.
The low background level of methane can be explained by the Sun's rays degrading
organic material possibly deposited by meteors, said the Nasa scientists
But the readings in a 300 metre squared area spiked 10-fold over a period of just 60
Martian days. By the time Curiosity had travelled a further kilometre, the higher
methane levels had disappeared. In their paper, the US scientists led by Dr Chris
Webster, from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, wrote: "The
persistence of the high methane values over 60 sols (Martian days) and their sudden
drop 47 sols later is not consistent with a well-mixed event, but rather with a local
production or venting that, once terminated, disperses quickly."
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03140/MarsMethane-deskto_3140320a.png
Life is the chief producer of methane on Earth, but there are many non-biological
processes that can also generate the gas. It could have come from an asteroid strike.
Asteroids contain methane which could be released on impact. However, no recent
strikes have been recorded near Gale Crater.
The short time-scale of the methane spikes also means that it is unlikely the gas was
released from volcanic deposits trapped in ice, called clathrates. Nor did it appear to
come from the release of gaseous methane that had become bound to the soil.
The Nasa authors are cautious about jumping to conclusions, but conclude
that "methanogenesis" - the formation of methane by microbial bugs known as
methanogens - may be one answer to the riddle.
They wrote: "Our measurements spanning a full Mars year indicate that trace quantities
of methane are being generated on Mars by more than one mechanism or a
combination of proposed mechanisms - including methanogenesis either today or
released from past reservoirs, or both."
another vid on link.....http://projectavalon.net/forum4/newthread.php?do=postthread&f=99
Gale Crater was created when a large meteor struck the planet 3.5 billion to 3.8
billion years ago. Earlier this month the Curiosity Rover discovered that Mount
Sharp, a mound of rock in the middle of Gale Crater was built by sediments
deposited in a large lake bed tens of millions of years ago. The crater itself was
once a vast ocean, experts believe.
An analysis of rocks at the bottom of a mountain in the middle of the crater show
that water flowed at different levels over the course of millions of years. There are
still substantial amounts of water ice at the Martian poles.
The rover has now eached the base of Mount Sharp and over the coming months
will begin a slow climb. Scientists are especially keen to explore the mountain
because its sedimentary layers provide tantalising snapshots of Martian history.
The question of whether there is, or was, life on Mars may finally be answered by
the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission, which will land a 300kg rover on
the Red Planet in 2019.
Experts Mars will be equipped with a two-metre drill and the ability to detect
biomarkers of life. It will not be heading for Gale Crater, however. Because it will
land with less precision than Curiosity, the crater and its mountain are considered
too potentially hazardous.
“We just need to keep looking,” added Dr Mahaffy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11297326/Life-on-Mars-Nasa-finds-first-hint-of-alien-life.html
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BBC...............
16 December 2014 Last updated at 18:39
Methane 'belches' detected on MarsBy Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79700000/jpg/_79700545_79700544.jpg
Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected methane on Mars - a gas that could hint at past or
present life on the planet.The robot sees very low-level amounts constantly in the
background, but it also has monitored a number of short-lived spikes that are 10 times
higher.Methane on the Red Planet is intriguing because here on Earth, 95% of the gas
comes from microbial organisms.
Researchers have hung on to the hope that the molecule's signature at Mars might also
indicate a life presence.The Curiosity team cannot identify the source of its methane,
but the leading candidate is underground stores that are periodically disturbed.
Curiosity scientist Sushil Atreya said it was possible that so-called clathrates were involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30456664
=====================================================
http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/assets/images/redesign/masthead/indy-masthead-small.png
http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9929542.ece/alternates/w460/web-mars-1-nasa.jpg
Possible ways methane might be added to and removed from Mars' atmosphere (NASA)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-finds-evidence-of-life-on-mars-9929510.html
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elsewhere for decades. I have noticed and been putting up threads about the
imminent manned expeditions to the Moon and Mars in the next decade or so.
One-way Ticket to Mars 4 men & woman scheduled for 2023....... (RT Documentary)
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?77643-One-way-Ticket-to-Mars-4-men-woman-scheduled-for-2023.......--RT-Documentary-
As I have said on previous threads it will be easier to explain off world military
bases , if we have public ones up there as well .This would also mean disclosure
is some way off, but events could change.
They seem to be saying life was probably on Mars and is probably all over the universe...
====================================================
NASA | Need To Know: Sample Analysis at Mars Findings
UN0Zj4SIz1A
Published on 16 Dec 2014
There’s big news coming out of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite (SAM)
on NASA’s Curiosity rover. For the first time, organic matter has definitively been
detected on Mars. In addition to finding organic compounds in rocks, SAM has also
detected sharp increases and decreases in methane levels in the atmosphere. MSL
participating scientist, Danny Glavin, explains these findings and what they tell us
about our search for life on the Red Planet.
This video is public domain and can be downloaded at:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/deta...
===================================================
Evidence of life on Mars? NASA rover finds methane, organic chemicals
uWzx2QSViqA
Published on 16 Dec 2014
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover finds methane in the Martian atmosphere and organic
chemicals in the planet's soil, the latest hint that Mars was once suitable for microbial
life. Linda So reports.
Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe
More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Did NASA’s Mars rover just find proof of alien life?
KC4J4Rmz_Rc
Published on 17 Dec 2014
NASA’s “Curiosity” rover on Mars has found potential evidence of former life on the red
planet. The spacecraft has sent data back to Earth indicating large methane spikes,
leading some to believe they are close to finding long-awaited Martian life. RT’s Lindsay
France details the findings.
Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/
Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/
================================================== ====
THE TELEGRAPH.......
Life on Mars: Nasa finds first hint of alien life
Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover has discovered spikes of methane, a gas usually produced
by biological life, the first evidence of living organisms outside Earth
vid on link...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11297326/Life-on-Mars-Nasa-finds-first-hint-of-alien-life.html
Sarah Knapton
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
6:30PM GMT 16 Dec 2014
The first hints of life on Mars have been discovered by Nasa.
Intriguing ‘burps’ of methane have been recorded by the Curiosity Rover which may
have been produced by bacteria. Most methane on Earth is produced as a waste gas by
living organisms. Curiosity has previously found water bound in the fine soil of the Red
Planet, believed to be crucial to life. But if the existence of living, breathing microbes is
confirmed, it will be the first evidence of life outside Earth.
“What is interesting is that these spikes of methane are coming and going. They are
transient,” said Dr Paul Mahaffy at Nasa.
“At the moment we can’t really tell anything, but these burps are intriguing. We have to
keep an open mind.
“We don’t want to eliminate anything, and potentially it could indicate life or evidence of
ancient methane trapped which could show ancient life.
“But it’s interesting to think about why it comes and goes. It seems to be suggestive of
a localised source.”
Nasa claims that with more readings it would be possible to test isotope levels which
would prove if the emissions came from a biological source.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is around half the diameter of Earth.
However it is less dense than Earth, having around 15 per cent volume and about 11
per cent mass.
Its red appearance is caused by iron oxide, which gives blood and rust their colour.
Scientists are divided on what caused the reddening. Some think rain storms billions of
years ago caused iron on the surface to rust.
Curiosity has been exploring Mars’ Gale Crater, a 96 mile wide depression caused by an
asteroid strike, since 2012.
vid on link....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11297326/Life-on-Mars-Nasa-finds-first-hint-of-alien-life.html
Previous satellite observations have detected unusual plumes of methane on the planet,
but none as extraordinary as the sudden "venting" measured at the crater.
The new discovery, reported in the journal Science, came from gas samples by
Curiosity's Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TAS), an instrument that uses intense light to
carry out chemical analysis.
The low background level of methane can be explained by the Sun's rays degrading
organic material possibly deposited by meteors, said the Nasa scientists
But the readings in a 300 metre squared area spiked 10-fold over a period of just 60
Martian days. By the time Curiosity had travelled a further kilometre, the higher
methane levels had disappeared. In their paper, the US scientists led by Dr Chris
Webster, from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, wrote: "The
persistence of the high methane values over 60 sols (Martian days) and their sudden
drop 47 sols later is not consistent with a well-mixed event, but rather with a local
production or venting that, once terminated, disperses quickly."
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03140/MarsMethane-deskto_3140320a.png
Life is the chief producer of methane on Earth, but there are many non-biological
processes that can also generate the gas. It could have come from an asteroid strike.
Asteroids contain methane which could be released on impact. However, no recent
strikes have been recorded near Gale Crater.
The short time-scale of the methane spikes also means that it is unlikely the gas was
released from volcanic deposits trapped in ice, called clathrates. Nor did it appear to
come from the release of gaseous methane that had become bound to the soil.
The Nasa authors are cautious about jumping to conclusions, but conclude
that "methanogenesis" - the formation of methane by microbial bugs known as
methanogens - may be one answer to the riddle.
They wrote: "Our measurements spanning a full Mars year indicate that trace quantities
of methane are being generated on Mars by more than one mechanism or a
combination of proposed mechanisms - including methanogenesis either today or
released from past reservoirs, or both."
another vid on link.....http://projectavalon.net/forum4/newthread.php?do=postthread&f=99
Gale Crater was created when a large meteor struck the planet 3.5 billion to 3.8
billion years ago. Earlier this month the Curiosity Rover discovered that Mount
Sharp, a mound of rock in the middle of Gale Crater was built by sediments
deposited in a large lake bed tens of millions of years ago. The crater itself was
once a vast ocean, experts believe.
An analysis of rocks at the bottom of a mountain in the middle of the crater show
that water flowed at different levels over the course of millions of years. There are
still substantial amounts of water ice at the Martian poles.
The rover has now eached the base of Mount Sharp and over the coming months
will begin a slow climb. Scientists are especially keen to explore the mountain
because its sedimentary layers provide tantalising snapshots of Martian history.
The question of whether there is, or was, life on Mars may finally be answered by
the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission, which will land a 300kg rover on
the Red Planet in 2019.
Experts Mars will be equipped with a two-metre drill and the ability to detect
biomarkers of life. It will not be heading for Gale Crater, however. Because it will
land with less precision than Curiosity, the crater and its mountain are considered
too potentially hazardous.
“We just need to keep looking,” added Dr Mahaffy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11297326/Life-on-Mars-Nasa-finds-first-hint-of-alien-life.html
======================================================
BBC...............
16 December 2014 Last updated at 18:39
Methane 'belches' detected on MarsBy Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79700000/jpg/_79700545_79700544.jpg
Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected methane on Mars - a gas that could hint at past or
present life on the planet.The robot sees very low-level amounts constantly in the
background, but it also has monitored a number of short-lived spikes that are 10 times
higher.Methane on the Red Planet is intriguing because here on Earth, 95% of the gas
comes from microbial organisms.
Researchers have hung on to the hope that the molecule's signature at Mars might also
indicate a life presence.The Curiosity team cannot identify the source of its methane,
but the leading candidate is underground stores that are periodically disturbed.
Curiosity scientist Sushil Atreya said it was possible that so-called clathrates were involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30456664
=====================================================
http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/assets/images/redesign/masthead/indy-masthead-small.png
http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9929542.ece/alternates/w460/web-mars-1-nasa.jpg
Possible ways methane might be added to and removed from Mars' atmosphere (NASA)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-finds-evidence-of-life-on-mars-9929510.html
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