Life on Mars, soccer in space & solar storms?

Are there farting cows on Mars?
Space agencies NASA and ESA (Europe) have selected the Belgian spectrometer to orbit our neighbour planet in 2016 during the Euro-American mission named Exo-Mars. A spectrometer analyzes the athmosphere. Among other things it detects methane. It is allready known that this "fart-gas" (and water) exists in the Mars athmosphere. 



Hold your horses.
Do not yet zap to CNN for live (green nightview) images of a first encounter between Mars cattle and Earth people. Belgian scientists say that : "If any life could have developed on Mars, it would probably be microbiological". 

Only kidding?
Should future astronauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts take some kinda  Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate - anti-flu) or provide verrrrrry large spectrum antibiotics before setting foot on Mars? Science-fiction? Probably delerious!


Blasphemy?
Anyway, it's exiting to realize that it is no longer blasphemy to consider that life could be possible on other planets,... that life on other planets seems elementary (my dear Watson).
Let's not cheer to soon, because fart-gas can also be a natural proces, not originated from life.


Soir-Nomad
The spectrometer carries the name of Soir-Nomad. ("Soir" is French for "evening".)
The collected information will be processed by the Belgian Institute of Space-Aeronomics (BIRA-IASB).


Something else 1 :
A Belgian scientist has found the largest complex molecule in space using an infrared telescope. Looney tunes? Of course,... we still have the old Star Trek shows on our cable TV, but besides that,... there is a lot of research done in this tiny country, that allready had an astronaut and a cosmonaut sent in space to boldly go where,... oops. Sorry. Where was I? The international team in Canada, lead by the Belgian scientist Jan Cami found soccer-shaped carbon molecules of 60 and 70 atomes. Ya see,.. even sports is popular in space. Hmm,... As Belgium want to host the international soccer championship in the near future,... should they invit
e a team from Mars? 


Something else 2 :
Nasa claims that Earth could be hit by a solar storm today.
Is that dangerous? Should we use a double dose of sun-protecting cream?
It is know that in the periode of october - December, solar storms are (among other reasons) responsable for floods like the "acqua alta" that floods the city of Venice (Italy). It is assumed by NASA space-scientists that we await a rise of the magnetic energy in the Sun around 2013 (yea, yea,. .I know,... you doomsdayers,... If and When we survive 2012). More likely is that people who live around the north pole can see "polar light".
But is the worst case scenario, the storm could influence telecommunication, satellites and networks.

Conclusion for today : 

I'll quickly opload this information, put on a sun-blocker factor 40, wear my rubber rubber boots, shoot me with Tamiflu, swallow a double dose of antibiotics and hold my farts for the rest of the day.


Live long and prosper.

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