Show Life on Mars Whether or not the Viking I Mars lander finds current life on Mars has been revealed so far to show that living organisms could have existed there at some time in its history Water nitrogen carbon dioxide all necessary ingredients for l life e are or were present The evidence in fact is unmistakable unmistakable taki le that great quantities of water once sloshed about on the Martian surface Ancient riverbeds islands with distinct shore lines and canyons carved out by flowing water have all shown up clearly in the remarkable Viking photographs Did entire oceans once surge across the Red Planet Is Mars in fact a ghostly forecast of things to come on earth Did the climate change and the water freeze and sink below the surface Did some cataclysm occur occur which robbed our sister globe of its atmosphere and watery covering Could Mars even have passed close to earth in Noahs Noah's day and its water have been somehow transferred here in the form of the Biblical forty days of rain All such questions are fanciful at this point Some may be answer answered d at least in part as we obtain more data from Viking I and the subsequent planned Viking II landing in September For now all we earthlings can do is gape in wonder at this stunning reversal of Orson Welles's imaginary Martian invasion invasion invasion in in- of earth To the scientists who accomplished it we doff our cap in awestruck respect We eagerly await further revelations |