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I give it a 80% probability that methane gas has been detected. A total shot in the dark-20% probability that a thin vein of coal like material has been found. The original organic material was covered by the action of water flow and thus layered. Dave -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 22, 2012 11:18 am Subject: [Vo]:What did Curiosity find? Since the Vort Collective is not above instigating acts of rampant speculation I’ll throw in my own percentages: · 70% chance - Curiosity detected undeniable amounts of methane in recent soil samples. The fact that the methane was determined to have been extracted directly from soil samples strongly suggests the possibility that organic life, as we understand it, is most likely still active within the protected confines of the soil. · 25% chance – Besides methane Curiosity has also detected additional molecular organic compounds that further increase the hypothesis that organic life in some simple/primitive form most likely still living within the soil of Mars. · 4% chance – In addition to the above two claims Curiosity has photographed evidence pointing to primitive microscopic fossils, possibly something similar to 600-Million-Year-Old microscopic amoeba-like organisms, as written up in the following science article: http://tinyurl.com/bbns6om · 0.9% chance – In addition to the above three claims Curiosity has photographed evidence pointing to more complex forms of life, particularly fossils of multi-cellular organisms. · 0.1% chance - http://tinyurl.com/6g5mv7t Time to add your two cents! Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
