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Will NASA's Mars Phoenix lander find life on Mars?
Current forecast: 15% chance 
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Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 15% likely to happen (down 1% in last 1 day)
The Phoenix is designed to study the Martian polar ice cap. Its looking for evidence for life - past or present. Will it find anything?
A Phoenix landing failure will settle as 'no'.
More Background info: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/phoenix_water.html
A Phoenix landing failure will settle as 'no'.
More Background info: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/phoenix_water.html
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"Life" can be present or proof of previous life on Mars.
This question closes on Dec 31 2008. Reports must be released prior to that date.
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Created Fri 4th Apr 4:10am PDT by jenniandboys
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Edited Fri 4th Apr 2:21pm PDT by 
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Edited Fri 4th Apr 2:23pm PDT by ryanj
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rogi: http://tinyurl.com/6fj5my
The lander will not find life on Mars, as it is not able to do so.
So the correct prediction is "No".
rogi: http://tinyurl.com/6fj5my
The lander will not find life on Mars, as it is not able to do so.
So the correct prediction is "No".
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article74981.ece
See http://tinyurl.com/6fj5my
"The lander is not equipped to detect life itself. Instead, scientists hope analysis of the soil and ice believed to lie beneath the surface will show whether liquid water once existed on Mars and if the ingredients needed to sustain rudimentary life are present."
(My 100$ is on no anyway)
I'll keep the market up as you never know what the Rover will find. That article just makes it clear that the odds are very dead set against this.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25954096/
Interesting story from a very respectful and reliable source of information in the aerospace field, Aviation Week: White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/WH08018.xml&headline=White%20House%20Briefed%20On%20Potential%20For%20Mars%20Life&channel=space
Have this the potential to solve the question? :)
Within the world of Mars explorers, this has been meant to be 'signs that life once existed in the past' or 'we found existing life'.
Recent reports from NASA have indicated that some findings point to 'past life' being very possible because of their findings of water and other compounds that are necessary for life 'as we know it'.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080731.html
"Life is NOT found", if conditions are ripe for future cultivation of the planet.
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