Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues scientists

Re:Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues ... by ericmay on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:35PM (#24621459)

Sorry, I should have been more clear in my post. I was responding to this comment specifically:

> I think it's unlikely we'd find an bacteria or virus that could successfully infect Earth based organisms in a way that threatens us.

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Re:Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues ... by wahern on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:49PM (#24621576)

Not my comment. :) My argument is more general and doesn't make any hard assumptions about similarities to bacteria, viruses, or even DNA-based life.

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Re:Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues ... by ericmay on Monday September 28, 2020 @06:15PM (#24621800)

Yes but my post that you were responding to was a response to that comment specifically. I appreciate your comments here, I just want to make that clear.

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