[meteorite-list] The search for aliens should start on Earth not outer space, says scientist

[Darren Garrison]

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:42:18 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>Hello List,
>
>Here's a fellow who must stay so far back in his laboratory at AU that they mail him daylight.
>Professor Paul Davies, purported to be a physicist, has "alien life" sitting in the meteorite collection down the hall from him...so to speak..and he makes this idiotic pronouncement. All he accomplished was to show his ignorance of the current science and provide fodder for the argument against tenure.

The idea isn't that outrageous (or that non-mainstream.)  We don't know if
non-protien/nucleic acid life exists on Earth or not.  It may be a very long
shot, but if someone is willing and able to devote their time and resources to
searching, more power to them.

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/et_life.shtml

http://espanol.astrobio.net/exclusive/3148/the-search-for-life-on-earth

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/aliens-among-us