Water on Mars....

     Is anyone really amazed that we found something outside of out planet? It was, in fact, just a matter of time. According to some by-law written in 1967 or something, that Mars Rover is not supposed to go close to this water. It is about 40-50 km away from where it is right now, but with the amount of microbes and debris the Rover may have picked up in it's travels, we cannot risk contamination. I'm mot opposed to this really, but it is a fact that we need to get a sample of this water using some sort of aseptic technique. This means we have to get another grant to build something that can make the trip again and have something, be it some kind of needle or container to withdraw some of this water, then somehow make it back to Earth. Sounds easy, eh?
     In today's world when the biggest news of the day is that the pope had a meeting with some nitwit that denied to give a marriage license to some same sex couple, it is imperative that we find something else to strive toward. Imagine we get a sample of this water and find that there are microbes that exist in it that also exist here. Wouldn't that throw everything we "know" on it's ear? I looked on the web and saw that others have already had this idea, although I just came up with it myself a couple days ago. This would kind of work towards a hypothesis that perhaps a bunch of spores spread out because of something that happened billions of years ago, thus some landed here and the Earth's natural flora supported it until it thrived, whereas the Martian surface did not have the resources for these things to evolve. For those that know anything about Archea, which usually are extremophiles that live in alkali water, geysers, ice and volcanos, you know these things can live anywhere. Analog building blocks of life.
     Anyhoo, that's all I'm going to mention today, I bid anyone who reads this peace, and have a good day.

James

Day 1: The initiating

     So, this is going to be the first installation in what I hope grows to be something at least a little bit interesting. As some of you know, or some of you may not, my name is James West. I am a child of the seventies and grew up in the lovely state of Montana. I am going to attempt to inspire thought and evoke a feeling every once in a while through making fun of the world and pointing out the obvious.
     I am not the smartest person around, but I understand a lot. I am not religious, but we can get into that later. I have a family that makes my world a better place, and I tend bar in a pretty nice place. I get to meet and engage a lot of people on a daily basis, and get their insight on things I haven't thought about, so sometimes I might come with information I have just received.
     In any event, I encourage anybody who stumbles across this page to check it out and give feedback and/or opposing opinions.