Posted: November 17th, 2015

Critical Thinking

Perhaps one of the most startling scientific announcements of the 1990s was the report of evidence for ancient microbacterial life in a chunk of meteorite that came from the planet Mars. After you review the information about the discovery at this excellent Lunar and Planetary Institute site (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/meteorites/mars_meteorite.html), as well as this American Museum of Natural History information (http://www.amnh.org/rose/mars/od3.html), and research any more recent reports using a search engine (Google), prepare a brief essay expressing your opinion on how the discovery of evidence of life on another planet in our solar system could influence our view of ourselves and Earth.
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