If Phoenix Finds Life On Mars, how will you react?

[bassteban]

Puh-Leeeeze!
That pic is ridiculous.

The F-15 was discontinued years ago...
...and clearly not capable of interstellar flight.

That actually more closely resembles the much older F-14(which, somewhat ironically, was designed to carry the Phoenix missile), also incapable of interstellar travel.

Edit: To answer the OP:I likely won't react at all. Too busy w/TB.

 

[Gard]

That actually more closely resembles the much older F-14(which, somewhat ironically, was designed to carry the Phoenix missile), also incapable of interstellar travel.

Edit: To answer the OP:I likely won't react at all. Too busy w/TB.

Incorrect sir, that is indeed an F-15. There are several distinguishing features, but the primary one is the single place cockpit, denoting most likely the F-15D variant (the -E, or Strike Eagle is a dual seater). The F-14 was a dual seat aircraft, pilot and "Wizzo" (WSO or Weapons/Safety Officer).

(And dammit, someone beat me to posting that pic! )

OP: I'll be content. I am certain that there is life elsewhere, fairly certain that we will discover it in our solar system - if not on Mars, then someplace like Europa. However, keep in mind that if we find any life on Mars, there is almost a 0% chance of it being anything visible with the naked eye, it will almost certainly be microbial in nature.

 

[peterbright]

Neato

 

[Son of Sanford]

Will you be happy? or scared? or something else?

Something else. I'll be hopeful. Hopeful that whatever form of life is found can be put on this fall's ballot and taught to appreciate a balanced budget.

 

[jobu3]

It's a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. You're going to argue over the distinguishing features and characteristics of a cartoon fighter jet?! :scowl:

To further allude to C&H, I'd say the surest sign that intelligent life exists out there is that they haven't tried to contact us.

The more they find at the bottom of the ocean that exists without energy from the sun, under extreme amounts of pressure, and at very cold temperatures, the more you realize the rules for life are a lot looser than previously thought.

There is going to be microbial life and I'm sure there is intelligent life out there too beyond here.

 

[Funkdrawer4]

Hasn't anyone seen the late 90's movie Mars Attacks!

We're doomed.

ak ak ak ak ak ak AK AK!

 

[pedroims]

i will ask them if Fender is popular overthere... maybe leo is on a kind of space trucking

 

[Matt_W]

I would be over the moon if they found signs of life on Mars, I'm not sure what the chances are though. I am, however, certain there are other civilisations somewhere out in the great expanse of the Universe,

 

[Tsal]

I'll pop out the champagne!

I think humans finding evidence of life on Mars is a far better alternative to martians finding evidence of life on Earth..

 

[WRBass]

That actually more closely resembles the much older F-14(which, somewhat ironically, was designed to carry the Phoenix missile), also incapable of interstellar travel.

If T-Rex was flying to Earth from Mars on a F-14 or F-15, it wouldn't be interstellar. It would be interplanetary.

I think they will find that life existed in a simple form (microorganisms) billions of years ago. What will be an interesting find is if they determine that life on Earth came from Mars, possible seeded from a meteorite.

 

[Gard]

It's a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. You're going to argue over the distinguishing features and characteristics of a cartoon fighter jet?! :scowl:

To further allude to C&H, I'd say the surest sign that intelligent life exists out there is that they haven't tried to contact us.

The more they find at the bottom of the ocean that exists without energy from the sun, under extreme amounts of pressure, and at very cold temperatures, the more you realize the rules for life are a lot looser than previously thought.

There is going to be microbial life and I'm sure there is intelligent life out there too beyond here.

Joe, hey man, lighten up...we're having FUN with it, that's all!

(But, I am correct, it is an F-15, not an F-14... )

I agree that the most likely life that we can RECOGNIZE as such will be in a water ocean, like the one under the ice at Europa. It would very likely be based on the exact same processes as those found at the deep sea vents.

 

[john turner]

I just hope Tom Cruise won't become their spokes person.

i think he already is.

 

[bassteban]

Incorrect sir, that is indeed an F-15. There are several distinguishing features, but the primary one is the single place cockpit, denoting most likely the F-15D variant (the -E, or Strike Eagle is a dual seater). The F-14 was a dual seat aircraft, pilot and "Wizzo" (WSO or Weapons/Safety Officer).

You are, of course, indeed correct as to the F-14 being a two-seater, as well as all the other details mentioned, but I think the pictured dino-pilot's arse is occupying the WSO's perch. What mainly tells me it's a Tomcat is the greater space between the afterburners; compare this to a similar view of an Eagle(I'd post comparable views, but my internet is acting iffy on me).

 

[Insanity^2]

Hasn't anyone seen the late 90's movie Mars Attacks!

We're doomed.

Us Bassists'll need to take up guitar, only high pitched notes kill them

 

[beaglesandbass]

seeing as the odds of life being somewhere in the universe are astronomically huge, i'd say there's gotta be life somewhere, why not mars?

and as far as me being worried. if it's microorganisms, animals, or another species, i wouldn't be worried.... unless it looked like they were building an army with a sign that said "next target earth".

 

[Unrepresented]

It's a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. You're going to argue over the distinguishing features and characteristics of a cartoon fighter jet?! :scowl:

To further allude to C&H, I'd say the surest sign that intelligent life exists out there is that they haven't tried to contact us.

The more they find at the bottom of the ocean that exists without energy from the sun, under extreme amounts of pressure, and at very cold temperatures, the more you realize the rules for life are a lot looser than previously thought.

There is going to be microbial life and I'm sure there is intelligent life out there too beyond here.

The reading I've done on the matter suggests that it's actually the least hospitable spots (by human standards at least) where life likely started; around vents on the sea floor, living off methane at temperatures around the boiling point.

I think any information regarding the early stages of life will be fascinating and lead to a better understanding of our own evolution and the factors surrounding it.

 

[Darkstrike]

Us Bassists'll need to take up guitar, only high pitched notes kill them

Nah, we'll fire off some harmonic's, be fine.

 

[jazzy grille]

I will react with deep hatred...

In fact I will probably want to eat them.

 

[Mark Wilson]

The life they find will be in the terms of bacteria and one-celled beings. No worries! It will only enforce my belief that a number of 0 to 0.5-stage civlisations are out there.

What if they find humanoid type life? An actual Civilization.
I mean, sure. The chances of them finding bacteria and one-celled beings are a LOT higher, but the chance of life on mars is still there. IMO.

 

[Mark Wilson]

Also, I find it kind of funny that the ad at the bottom of the page is an ad for leather travel bags.
lol.