Comment Discovery Channel & iron eating microbe (Score 1) 91
Discovery Channel had a show on microbes that exist at the bottom of the ocean, next to super hot vents. They also took core samples from pretty far down in the earth (technical??, sorry, I don't have the details). These microbes breath iron. He showed a jar of iron and another that the microbes ate. It was a jar of magnetite...
They(Discovery ch.) suggested that this microbe could survive in outerspace with a sufficent supply of iron.
...when the mars probe data came back, there was a very small blurb on an excessive amount of magnetism, I beleive I read magnetite. Next probe needs to test for signs of this microbe. Anybody see a picture of the hugh crater on the other side of Mars??? if this microbe needs a carrier, that sucker would've been large enough.
LIFE ON MARS !!!!! ...cool
They(Discovery ch.) suggested that this microbe could survive in outerspace with a sufficent supply of iron.
...when the mars probe data came back, there was a very small blurb on an excessive amount of magnetism, I beleive I read magnetite. Next probe needs to test for signs of this microbe. Anybody see a picture of the hugh crater on the other side of Mars??? if this microbe needs a carrier, that sucker would've been large enough.
LIFE ON MARS !!!!!
