NASA has sent its latest space probe, Curiosity, a vehicle the size of a small car, to Mars to look for signs of life. For most of us, signs of life mean the lights on and the sound of a TV set. For NASA its detecting the presence of microbes that lived billions of years ago.
As Dr McCoy would have said; 'It's life Jim but not as we know it.'
If they'd gone in search of little green men (or women) - why must aliens be green? The Moon isn't green neither is Mars, do we have any green planets? I digress - it might have been worthwhile. But to spend oodles of cash looking for prehistoric signs of life that are equivalent to something nasty at the back of the fridge does make me wonder?
If you had $2.5 billion what would you spend it on?
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