Leading astronomer says discovery will open up ‘whole new line of thinking’
Nasa is close to finding life on Mars but the world is not ready for the “revolutionary” implications of the discovery, the space agency’s chief scientist has said.
Dr Jim Green has warned that two rovers from Nasa and the European Space Agency (ESA) could find evidence of life within months of arriving on Mars in March 2021.
The ExoMars Rover, which has been dubbed “Rosalind” in memory of British chemist Rosalind Franklin, will search for extra-terrestrial life by drilling 6.5 feet down into Mars’ core to take samples.
Those samples will then be crushed up and examined for organic matter in a mobile laboratory.
Dr Green compared the potential discovery to when the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus stated that the Earth revolves around the Sun in the 16th century.
“It will start a whole new line of thinking. I don’t think we’re prepared for the results,” he told The Sunday Telegraph. “I’ve been worried about that because I think we’re close to finding it and making some announcements.”
Nasa’s rover Mars 2020 will drill into rock formations on the planet before sending test-tubes of rock samples back to Earth – the first time material from Mars will have been brought onto this planet.
Dr Green added that the discovery of life on Mars will give scientists a new set of questions to explore.
“What happens next is a whole new set of scientific questions. Is that life like us? How are we related?” he said. “Can life move from planet-to-planet or do we have a spark and just the right environment and that spark generates life – like us or do not like us – based on the chemical environment that it is in?”
Recent research has shown that planets which were previously thought to be uninhabitable may have once had suitable conditions for life.
Earlier this year, scientists discovered that there may be a vast and active system of water running underneath the surface of Mars.
A study released this month also claimed that Venus may have been habitable for 2 to 3 billion years before its atmosphere became incredibly dense and hot about 700 million years ago.
Recent research suggests that civilisations could exist on other planets, according to Dr Green.
“There is no reason to think that there isn’t civilisations elsewhere, because we are finding exoplanets [planets outside the solar system] all over the place,” he said.
His comments came less than 24 hours before technology entrepreneur Elon Musk unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry crew and cargo to Mars or other planets in the solar system before returning to Earth.
Mr Musk said the company’s Starship was essential for the viability of space travel by introducing a spacecraft that can be reused.
The ship is expected to take off for the first time in about two months and reach 65,000 feet before it lands back on Earth.
Source www.independent.co.uk
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If you do not like what you unearth, then you should not go digging holes. The Human Family is not prepared for its involvement in space exploration. It was not prepared for the repercussions that have happening in this world already from Alien intrusion and intervention into the Human genetic structure. We have a problem here that is now becoming known to the governments of the world, a problem of Alien Hybrid life forms masquerading has Human Beings. The Governments know they need to either destroy them or sterilise them, preventing them from reproducing their kind any further. Take note of this, it more than likely applies to you and most of your crew.
Nasa’s Chief Scientist is totally wrong. Not only wrong about humans not being ready for information about Mars, but about everything in the Universe and beyond. I resent his implication. He is not me, He is not us. There are thousands and thousands of human beings that are deeply into the Universe, consciousness and 3D to 5D and many of us are far more adept in the knowledge of the Universe and the planets than he is. I resent that he thinks that we are that stupid and that afraid. I would welcome the chance to get off this infected, selfish and controlling planet. Earth is beautiful, but mankind is destroying this precious planet. Normal citizens of all countries can do no more that their Dictator leaders allow them. The leaders are filthy rich and citizenry are poor because the Dictators planned life to be that way. Even if we did move to a new planet, the destruction of that planet and the Dictatorship will only start up again until they again destroy the new planet. Many of us have very high intellect. We are NOT stupid, We are ready for planetary information. We have been ready for a long time. That Scientist should be put into prison for his attitude. I am willing to bet my life that I am smarter than he is as my IQ is just short of Aspergers. And people like me that can bend the waves and go into the future or go back in time, no, not astral travel. It is stringing. There are many of us that can do it and do it at will at anytime. We are the ones that know what is going to happen and that Scientist is a moron for his idiotic beliefs. He CANNOT speak for us. We speak for him.