>>> Mark Bloss on Back to Apes 
 MB> It is possible, that life didn't begin on Earth, but on Mars instead.
 MB> Who can say what microbes we may already have
 MB> inadvertantly dispersed on various solarian neighbors?
Latest research on the Mars bacteria that as discovered in the Mars meteorite 
have cast doubt upon the claim.  Counterclaim is Earth contamination.
 
 MB> And if we want to investigate Venus now, we don't need to make huge
 MB> rockets.  Just a probe about the size of a June Bug will do, and just
 MB> as powerful. 
We aren't going to do a lot of digging around as equipment last there just a 
few hours.
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