NASA "we are close to finding life on Mars...but not ready for it"

There is, of course, a religious angle to all of this. The origins of life on Earth are still the subject of debate today and science has always had to compete with stories for mindshare.

I mean, we live in a time where a not-insignificant chunk of people still claim to believe that the Earth is flat, so finding alien life on another world is sure to come with its own host of conspiracy theories and true believers spouting… whatever it is they truly believe.

Given that large impact events happening to either earth or Mars surfaces have likely already had transfer at least spores an other such simple lifeforms between the two planets therefore finding life on Mars that is similar life to earth life seems highly likely.

BillRM wrote:

Given that large impact events happening to either earth or Mars surfaces have likely already had transfer at least spores an other such simple lifeforms between the two planets therefore finding life on Mars that is similar life to earth life seems highly likely.

And this is just the type of attitude that supports the idea the "we are not ready for it."

Attitude??????????

Maybe he's just keeping his marriage together. I've known couples whose happiness depends on them seeing their partner for just a few hours a day, any longer and they argue.

In any event your neighbour's spaceship is much further along the line than mine.