Interesting read. I knew about the original Viking tests, and that the results were dismissed. I did not know that NASA never (yet) tried to replicate/expand/redo those tests.
Interesting read. I knew about the original Viking tests, and that the results were dismissed. I did not know that NASA never (yet) tried to replicate/expand/redo those tests.
I wonder if there is a conspiracy theory about it. It feels like a natural fit: first they discover something and then “for no reasons” they “undiscover” it. I can already see Hollywood doing an...
I wonder if there is a conspiracy theory about it. It feels like
a natural fit: first they discover something and then “for no reasons”
they “undiscover” it. I can already see Hollywood doing an “Apollo 18”
here. A mix of sci-fi and political drama about scientists being told
to hide the proofs because reasons.
Y'know ... the more I think about it ... wouldn't you want to send new-and-improved tests for life on, practically, every science mission you land on the planet? Especially after the very first...
Y'know ... the more I think about it ... wouldn't you want to send new-and-improved tests for life on, practically, every science mission you land on the planet? Especially after the very first tests come back positive?
Okay, sure, maybe the first tests were flawed somehow. Don't you then think up better tests to send on the next mission?
Interesting read. I knew about the original Viking tests, and that the results were dismissed. I did not know that NASA never (yet) tried to replicate/expand/redo those tests.
I wonder if there is a conspiracy theory about it. It feels like a natural fit: first they discover something and then “for no reasons” they “undiscover” it. I can already see Hollywood doing an “Apollo 18” here. A mix of sci-fi and political drama about scientists being told to hide the proofs because reasons.
Y'know ... the more I think about it ... wouldn't you want to send new-and-improved tests for life on, practically, every science mission you land on the planet? Especially after the very first tests come back positive?
Okay, sure, maybe the first tests were flawed somehow. Don't you then think up better tests to send on the next mission?
something-something nasa budget something-something but the graph clearly says that…