Show Utah Scientist Believes There Is Life In Space A University of utah scientist believes there is life in outer space but says the question is how do we go and prove it DR ELIE A A. A associate associate asso- asso professor of molecular and genetic biology has just coauthored coauthored co- co authored a book in the VIstas of Science paperback series titled Life Beyond the Earth He Is also a member of a National Na- Na Academy of Sciences S c i e n c e s committee commissioned s s ion e d by NASA to recommend what the theUS US U.S. will do after the Apollo project When asked about the kind of life Ufe he expected to find on other planets in our own solar system Dr replied I ont dont mean intelligent life Ufe but as inthe In Inthe the case of Mars microbial life bugs small plants etc not elephants or rhinos When w we talk about other planets In other solar systems there Is a avery avery very good possibility of gent life THIS IS not science fiction I he emphasized There is a good solid scientific basis for thinking there Is life elsewhere In the universe Dr said scientific evidence suggests suggests sug- sug that the entire universe has nearly the same composition tion about 93 per cent gas hydrogen cent gas helium and 1 per cent of everything else carbon nitrogen oxygen etc These are the most common elements In the universe AND In LIVING SYSTEMS They are found everywhere Dr said Mariner y IV may have new information for forUS US U.S. scientists In about two years He explained that all of the planets in our solar system revolve evolve around the sun on a fiat saucer saucer-like plane Mariner W IV was kicked out of that elliptic plane after it passed the red planet TWO YEARS from now it will return In an orbit close enough to earth to transmit Information it might have collected while I journeying through space The Utah scientist said It It would have been extremely difficult to intentionally send Mariner Into the area of space it is now exploring ex- ex Commenting on the historic Mars pictures Dr pointed out that Mariner was never Intended to find out if life exists on Mars You wouldn't have been able to see anything alive unless there were animals about a mile long A proper analogy would be a Mar Martian t i an Mariner W IV sent to Earth tode- tode life liCe At an altitude of miles the pictures would show no evidence of life on Earth You would have to get a lot closer Dr stated When will the Earth get a closer look at Mars In 1969 1971 or 1973 if 1 we are luck lucky says Dr when closer Mars shots are scheduled scheduled sched- sched and will hopefully be able to find the presence of life |