Re: Mars

In a message dated 96-08-23 07:46:10 EDT, you write:

<< Probably all due to alien interference.  I'm sure someones probably 
 written a book on that too.
 
 It will be interesting to find out if that meteoite was carrying 
 martian or earth bacteria. >>

Actually neither, only some chemical components that are very strongly
associated with biological processes and some formations within the rock
that
strongly resemble terrestrial microbial fossils.

None of which would be near as exciting without recent breakthroughs in
the
study of extremophilic bacteria here on Earth, especially the discovery
of
complete communities of bacteria 1000m below the planets surface (see J.
Barros et.al.)

Later

Brian