LONDON (Reuters) - An American scientist believes that if life is finally proved to exist on Mars, its origins may be more mundane and closer to home than we think. "I believe there is life on Mars, and it's unequivocally there, because we sent it," said Andrew Schuerger in the New Scientist Magazine Wednesday.



The University of Florida scientist said there is a good chance that microbes from Earth have made it to Mars by hitching a lift aboard space probes.

Schuerger said of all probes sent to Mars, only the two Viking craft in 1976 were adequately heat-sterilized. Procedures used for all missions since then, including NASA twin rovers and Europe's Beagle 2, would have left some microbes on board.

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Well that would account for microbial life. Not anything larger though.

Okay I confess, it was my idea but its
not my booger on the mars rovers.

I figured it would be cool to see what
life forms would evolve from a booger.

after all they say we evolved from slime
But where did that slime come from?

Gazz

Let's give it some time...maybe something bigger will pop up.

So mars gives us life and we repay the favour by giving them life. The just hope that the microbes that we might have sent there don't kill off a highly advanced alien race that may be already living there.