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"Methane on Mars could signal life

By Dr David Whitehouse

BBC News Online science editor

Is there life beneath the soil?

Methane has been found in the Martian atmosphere which scientists say could be a sign that life exists today on Mars.

It was detected by telescopes on Earth and has recently been confirmed by instruments onboard the European Space Agency's orbiting Mars Express craft.

Methane lives for a short time in the Martian atmosphere so it must be being constantly replenished.

There are two possible sources: either active volcanoes, none of which have been found yet on Mars, or microbes."

NASA's view of methane formation.

Again a natural formation of a hydrocarbon.

I'll repeat myself again here Thomas Gold theorized that the Earth might have a hot inner biosphere where natursl geologic petroleum oozes up and microbial lifeform contaminates it and makes it appear as fossil fuel.

Gold theorized that petro is just another hydro chained carbon thats polluted with dead life forms.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/marsmethane.html

That was just from our New Years Party here on Mars. Was supposed to be a secret. Now Al Gore will want to have a methane tax on Mars too.

What did you do on new year on mars, releasing so much methane? Watch it, you might end up with a big green-house effect up there. And an ice-age around the corner.

It was a huge Party. We have all 600HP V8's and untaxed Alcohol too. Totaly underground. Listened to "unlabled" LPs allnight also. You were invited. Maybe next New Years, stetor.

Hmm, I always miss the fun partys. But I'll be there next year. Just to hear the V8's. And ofcourse for the alcohol!! Can I have a lift with you there, Shop ?

Weren't cows supposed to be major contributors to methane in our environment? If so, does this suggest the possibility that cows might exist on Mars?

No Biff, that's only California cows, and it's methadone, not methane. That's where the happy cows are. And the mean ass squirrels are where Rep lives, and where I live as well. (I think they're pissed off that the cows got the methadone, and all they got was those nasty acorn things)

"Woman are from Venus, Men are from Mars"....With all men, there is a lot of BS for sure. Your ride is taken care of Stetor. Look forward to your attending.

yea Capt.,but the chickens in California are happy now. The inititive passed that makes the standard market cage illegal. They will now be able to flap their wings on the way to processing plant. People in California will now eat chickens that died happy. Don't think about the cost involved for new cages. Or that that cost will be passed on to consumers.

This is not 'new' information. Methane was noted, along with water vapor, as early as 2004 that I can track. Likely much before that. So the excitement about it now is what exactly? Are they worried there's a farting cow up there or something?

Hm,You are right Shop! I think I go to venus instead! Sorry, but you have to go without me.

'The methane on Mars was first detected in 1999, again in 2001 and 2003, which was widely reported, but not much was known about the origin or amount of the gas on Mars.' Copied from -->http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/15/large-quantities-of-methane-being-replenished-on-mars/

Yes, freckld. I actually found it documented back to 1997. But was brushed off by later scientists as false or unproven.

"frckld" (too much methane)

Hey now! I just don't see the 'big interest'. This is not 'new' to the scientific community. My first thought though is that someone is likely bucking for grant money to 'discover' what the cause of the methane is. They obviously have some new gadget that can better measure amounts of substances on other planets and want to play with it.

Maybe the best way to determine if there are methane-causing cows on Mars is to open a McDonald's there. If it does well, maybe Mars has cows. If all that the menu offers is Fillet O'Fish (and yes, you'll definitely wants fries with that), then maybe cattle aren't that plentiful on the red planet after all.

Cap'n, it sounds like you need to get those squirrels on a methadone program also.