2. Is there life on mars?
9 7 – N A S A’ S M A R S PAT H F I N D E R L A N D E R A R R I V E D O N J U LY 4 –
RESEARCHERS ON EARTH BEGAN A MASSIVE EFFORT TO
A N S W E R T H AT Q U E S T I O N , W H I C H H A D A N D I S B E C O M I N G O N E
OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL IN SCIENCE. NO DOUBT
LOWELL, WHOSE NAME HAS COME TO BE SYNONYMOUS
" S O M E W H E R E I N A S T R O N O M E R H E AV E N , P E R C I VA L L O W E L L
MUST BE SMILING. A CENTURY AFTER LOWELL TRAINED HIS
T E L E S C O P E O N M A R S A N D C L A I M E D H E S AW C A N A L S B U I LT
BY INTELLIGENT BEINGS, SCIENTISTS ARE ONCE AGAIN IN
THE GRIP OF THE "RED PLANET’S" MOST SEDUCTIVE
M Y S T E R Y – T H E P O S S I B I L I T Y T H AT L I F E H A S E X I S T E D
THERE."
" D I D A M I C R O S C O P I C R A C E O F M A R T I A N S L E AV E T H E I R
T R A C E S I N S I D E A P O TAT O – S I Z E D R O C K T H AT F E L L O N
A N TA R C T I C A ( A P P R O X I M AT E LY ) 1 3 , 0 0 0 Y E A R S A G O ? E V E N A S
A N E W WAV E O F M A R S E X P L O R AT I O N B E G A N I N J U LY O F ’
W I T H S C I E N T I F I C W I S H F U L T H I N K I N G , W O U L D WA N T T O
K N O W H O W I T A L L T U R N S O U T. " ( A N D R E W C H A I K I N )
3. WE CAME FROM MARS
AS THE QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED TIME AND TIME
AGAIN, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE
EXISTENCE OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET COMING FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE HAS ALWAYS
REMAINED IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE ENTIRE "ORIGIN
OF LIFE" PICTURE. AS OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC
EXPLORATION AND FINDINGS, A METEOR FROM MARS
(SUSPECTED), RECOVERED FROM ANTARCTICA, HAS
POSSIBLE REMAINS OF MICROSCOPIC LIFE ENCASED
WITHIN. DUE TO THESE FINDINGS, A GROUP OF
SCIENTISTS HAVE BEGUN FULLY BACKING THE IDEA THAT
THESE MICROBES WERE POSSIBLY RELATED TO MICROBES
WHICH LANDED ON THE PRE – REVOLUTIONARY EARTH
AND EVOLVED INTO THE MANY LIFE FORMS THAT EXIST ON
THIS PLANET TODAY.
4. LIFE ONCE EXISTED ON
MARS
A R O U N D T H E S P E C U L AT I O N T H AT L I F E O R I G I N AT E D O N M A R S
A N D T R AV E L L E D T O E A R T H , A G R O U P O F S C I E N T I S T S A R E H A P P Y
T O J U S T S T I C K T O T H E O P I N I O N T H AT O N LY L I F E E X I S T E D O N
M A R S A N D H A S N ’ T B E E N S H O W N T O H AV E P O S S I B LY T R AV E L L E D
A N D L I V E D H E R E O N E A R T H . I N F O R M AT I O N A N D D ATA T H AT
H AV E B E E N A C Q U I R E D T H R O U G H R E C E N T M I S S I O N S L I K E
PAT H F I N D E R S E E M T O O N LY S U P P O R T T H E I D E A T H AT L I F E
C O U L D H AV E E X I S T E D O N M A R S AT O N E P O I N T I N T I M E W H E N
T H E AT M O S P H E R E , C L I M AT E , A N D S U R FA C E C O N D I T I O N S O F
M A R S W E R E C O N S I D E R A B LY D I F F E R E N T . H O W E V E R , T H E D ATA
A N D F I N D I N G S T H AT S O M E B E L I E V E S U P P O S E D LY B A C K T H E I D E A
T H AT T H AT L I F E C A M E T O E A R T H F R O M M A R S A R E N ’ T C O N C R E T E
A N D A C C U R AT E I N T H E M I N D S O F T H E S E M O R E C O N S E R VAT I V E LY
GROUNDED SCIENTISTS.
5. LIFE NEVER EXISTED ON
MARS
W H O E V E R S A I D T H AT S C I E N T I F I C D ATA A N D R E S E A R C H
D I S C O V E R A N S W E R S ? M A N Y H AV E S A I D A N D C O N T I N U E T O
S AY T H AT R E S E A R C H A N D E X P L O R AT I O N C R E AT E M A N Y
MORE QUESTIONS THAN THEY DO ANSWERS. THIS IS ONE
O F T H E M A I N F O U N D AT I O N S F O R M A N Y S C I E N T I S T S W H O
A S S U M E D A N O P P O S I N G P O S I T I O N T O T H AT O F T H O S E
S C I E N T I S T S W H O B A C K T H E I D E A T H AT L I F E WA S P R O V E N
T O H AV E E X I S T E D O N M A R S . I N F O R M AT I O N , D ATA , A N D
FINDINGS CONCERNING MARS, THEY FEEL, ARE
INCONCLUSIVE AND WEAK IN THEIR ABILITY TO PROVE
T H AT L I F E E X I S T E D O N M A R S . A L S O , T H O S E M I C R O B E S
FOUND IN METEORITE ALH84001 AREN'T AS SOME
S C I E N T I S T S S AY T H E Y S E E M .
6. THE DEBATE LIFE NEVER
EXISTED?
A S L O N G A S T H I S I N F O R M AT I O N H A S B E E N P R E S E N T E D
TO HUMAN MINDS, THERE HAS BEEN INTENSE DISCUSSION
A N D D E B AT E A S T O T H E R E L E VA N C E O F T H I S D ATA A N D
T H E A B I L I T Y O F I T TO S U P P O RT T H E O R I E S O F S A D
HUMANS. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THESE DISCUSSIONS HAS
N O W Z E R O E D I N O N T H E " L I F E O N M A R S " T H E O R Y. M A R S
H A S A LWAY S B E E N A L A R G E PA R T O F T H E P L A N E TA R Y
E X P L O R AT I O N O F U S H E R E O N E A R T H . H O W E V E R , N O W,
W I T H N E W F O U N D I N F O R M AT I O N , T H E T H E O R I E S A R E
PILING UP AND SCIENTISTS ARE ARGUING ABOUT POSSIBLE
D I R E C T I O N S I N T O W H I C H T H I S I N F O R M AT I O N M I G H T
L E A D . U N F O R T U N AT E LY, L I K E C H A I K I N S A I D , " U N T I L W E
STOP ARGUING, THERE IS NO ANSWER!"
7. MEATHODS OF ANALYSIS
T H R O U G H O U T T H E E X P L O R AT I O N O F M A R S M A N Y
S C I E N T I F I C M I S S I O N S H AV E B E E N S E N T T O M A R S A N D
R E C O V E R E D R E A M S O F I N F O R M AT I O N P E R TA I N I N G T O
S C I E N T I F I C T E S T S A N D R E S U LT S W H I C H H AV E B E E N
O B TA I N E D T H R O U G H T H E S E M I S S I O N S . M A N Y M E T H O D S O F
I N F O R M AT I O N G AT H E R I N G A N D D E V I C E S H AV E B E E N
U T I L I Z E D I N T H I S E N D E AV O U R T O O B TA I N I N F O R M AT I O N
A B O U T O U R N E I G H B O U R I N G P L A N E T. T H E PA G E C O V E R S
I N F O R M AT I O N A B O U T T H E A N A LY S I S D E V I C E S A N D
T E C H N I Q U E S I N V O LV E D I N T H E E X P L O R AT I O N O F M A R S
A N D T H E M E T E O R I T E R E C O V E R E D F R O M A N TA R C T I C A
W H I C H O R I G I N AT E O N T H E " R E D P L A N E T. "
8. WILL LIFE SOON EXIST ON
MARS
T H E I D E A T H AT L I F E , AT O N E T I M E , E X I S T E D O N M A R S M AY
N O T B E T O TA L LY P R O V E N T O B E T R U E B U T A N O T H E R L I F E
F O R M M AY B E L I V I N G T H E R E I N A F E W D E C A D E S . M A R S H A S
B E E N C I T E D A S B E I N G T H E C L O S E S T R E L AT E D P L A N E T T O
E A R T H A S FA R A S P L A N E TA RY C O N D I T I O N S A N D P O S S I B L E
C O L O N I Z AT I O N F O R H U M A N S . S C I E N T I S T S A R E T H E O R I Z I N G
A N D P R O P H E S I S I N G WAY S T O P O S S I B LY M A N I P U L AT E A N D
C H A N G E M A R S ' P L A N E TA R Y C O N D I T I O N S S O T H AT I T I S
S TA B L E E N O U G H T O S U P P O R T H U M A N L I F E . T H E
C O L O N I Z AT I O N O F M A R S M AY B E A H U G E A D VA N TA G E T O
H U M A N S I N T H E F U T U R E A S T H E E N V I R O N M E N TA L P R O B L E M S
W H I C H W E A R E P R O D U C I N G F O R O U R S E LV E S O N E A R T H M AY
V ERY WELL MA KE THIS PLA N ET U N BEA RABLE IN A SHORT
P E R I O D O F T I M E . I T V E R Y W E L L M AY S AV E O U R L I V E S .
9. THIS PRESENTATION WAS
MADE BY
NAME:- VIGNESH IYER
CLASS:- VII A
ROLL NO.:- 8
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