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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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4. That is a very esoteric concern if true. It's as if someone reported that a sunken barge endangered life on Earth.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:16 PM

15 hrs ago

I don't claim to have read the full paper however; it struck me as absurd just based on the abstract. I'm way behind on my reading and I just don't have time for it.

There is, at this point, no real compelling evidence of life on Mars, certainly not enough to justify vast concern for its viability because of a few small devices.

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Um...um...um... An Important Concern? The safety of chemicals on, um, Mars? [View all] NNadir Yesterday OP

Humans will not be going to Mars PJMcK 22 hrs ago #1

Yeah I know. It's kind of like fusion energy in that sense, always off in some distant future with no appreciation... NNadir 21 hrs ago #2

It's not about danger to explorers, it's about "hazards to possible extant life on Mars" from chemicals muriel_volestrangler 15 hrs ago #3

That is a very esoteric concern if true. It's as if someone reported that a sunken barge endangered life on Earth. NNadir 15 hrs ago #4

It also talks about the ability to investigate abiotic processes if they've been contaminated muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #5