Mc Kay’s evidence for Criticism of the Tests of Evidence Used

life in Mars Evidence by the Critics

The first evidence is that "That is a perfectly No tests done
there are orange-ish reasonable sequence to
blobs that are no bigger find in a changing
than a periods that dot chemical environment
the wall of the cracks as well," counters
and meteriote’s shiny Kenneth Nealson, a
crust minerals. biologist at the, who was
one of the paper's peer
reviewers.
The second evidence is The critic believed that it Critics suggest other
that there is a discovery seems that it came from possible explanations,
of organic compounds a breakdown products however. "Hydrothermal
called PAHs in and of something that was synthesis could take
around the once alive. inorganic carbon and
carbohydrate. water and make
aromatic organics; you
… belt."
The third evidence is Joseph Kirschvink said "There are other ways
that the McKayUs group “If it is not biology, I am to get those shapes.
found a tiny tear drop at a loss to explain what And in any case," he
shaped crystals of the hell is going on," he continues, "shape is one
magnetite and iron says. "I … remain of the worst things you
sulfide are embedded in unconvinced.” can use in geology to
places where the define things."
carbonate is dissolved,
presumably by some
sort of acid.
The final evidence is Jack Farmer said that But Everett Gibson of
that form examining bits "is that at that scale of the NASA Johnson
of ALH84001 the team just tens of nanometers, Space Center, another
found provocative, minerals can grow into of McKay's co-authors,
elongated and egg- shapes that are virtually responds that "we
shaped structures within impossible to distinguish eliminated that
the carbonate; the from nanofossils." He possibility for most of
researchers interpreted said that you cannot our examples by noting
these as likely fossilized simply conclude that by the lack of crystal
microorganisms. showing pictures like growth faces" and other
that and claiming that it mineralogical features.
is a bacteria that the McKay adds that he
one in the picture is a looked at a different
bacteria. meteorite as a control
and saw no similar
formations.