Star Mars

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distance between us.
While people such as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas try to convince
us with hundred million dollar movies that we are not alone, engineers and
geologists like from the NASA-Stanford University team pursue, based on true
evidence, the idea of possible life on Mars. However, the burden of proof is
sometimes too heavy even based on real evidence. The tough debate started on
August 1996, when scientists from the NASA-SU team announced that a meteorite
found on the Antartica contained evidence of past life on the red planet. They
supported their conclusion on the basis of organic molecules, carbonates, and
minerals found inside the rock, which are basic components of living things.
This announcement astonished the world, but not the critics who skeptically
stated opposite explanations for each of the components discovered. The main
discussion focused by critics like Allan Treiman arguing that "This scientist
have lowered the standards of evidence rather ...

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