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Re:Did scientists discover bacteria in meteorites? No. by ihodes on Sunday March 06, 2011 @02:32PM (#2294796)
Is he wrong?
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Re:Did scientists discover bacteria in meteorites? No. by frankydp on Sunday March 06, 2011 @03:06PM (#2294887)
Should be, JOC has 5000 scientist reviewing, and 500 vetting.
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Re:Did scientists discover bacteria in meteorites? No. by nollidge on Sunday March 06, 2011 @04:04PM (#2295031)
Source?
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Re:Did scientists discover bacteria in meteorites? No. by frankydp on Sunday March 06, 2011 @06:07PM (#2295309)
Comment was derived from the below.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/aliens-riding-mete...

http://daviddobbs.posterous.com/journal-of-cosmology-going-o...

Rosie Redfield has now voiced some valid concerns on processing.

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Re:Did scientists discover bacteria in meteorites? No. by eli on Sunday March 06, 2011 @07:11PM (#2295461)
Huh? That link says they invited 5,000 scientists to "review" the paper after it was published as part of some kind of publicity stunt.
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