(meteorobs) Life in Meteorites

[Ian Musgrave & Peta O'Donohue]

G'Day All

Richard Kramer wrote:
> At 01:01 AM 3/7/2011, Ian Musgrave & Peta O'Donohue wrote:
>>G'Day All
>>
>>Richard Kramer wrote:
>> > These obituaries are disappointing. Substantially ad hominem without
>> > any proper refutation.
>>
>>I've done a more detailed analysis here
>><http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2011/03/life-from-beyond-earth-on-meteorite-or.html>
>>
>>It's highly likely these things are magnesium sulfate/carbonate
>> filaments.
>
> These additional rebuttals are far more satisfying.

Smoking gun, observations of magnesium sulfate bacteria-like structures
forming in the meteors due to post landing changes  in water content.

<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01827.x/pdf>

Cheers! Ian
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