02597nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10235279 CaPaEBR 20260707180615.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 050329s2006 nyuaf sb 001 0 eng 2005046560 1400060109 (acid-free paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646754166 zma---- QB54 .S263 2006eb 576.8/39 22 110632 87833 Sawyer, Kathy. 156419 The rock from Mars [electronic resource] : a detective story on two planets / Kathy Sawyer. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2006. xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-375) and index. Score -- Moon dust -- Odd ducks -- E.T.s handshake -- The convert -- Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy -- The grand inquisitor -- "Klaatu Barada Nikto" -- In the beam -- Schopf shock -- Explorations -- At daggers drawn -- Bingo -- Schadenfreude -- Down the rabbit hole. Sixteen million years ago, an asteroid crashing into Mars sent fragments flying into space and, eons later, one was pulled by the Earth's gravity onto the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where a geologist spotted it. In its new home at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the rock languished on a shelf for nine years. Then, in 1993, a geochemist unmasked the rock as a Martian meteorite. Before long, possible signs of once-living organisms were detected, and the obscure rock became a rock star. From the second the story broke in Science magazine, it spawned waves of excitement, envy, competitive zeal, and calculation. The narrative traces the steps that led to this risky move and follows the rippling impact on the scientists' lives, the future of space exploration, the search for life on Mars, and the struggle to understand the origins of life on Earth.--From publisher description. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Life on other planets. 27740 Meteorites. 156420 Mars probes. 156421 Mars (Planet) 21213 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10235279 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 110632 87833