The a detective story on two planets Sawyer, Kathy. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Random House c2006 2006 1st ed. monographic eng

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xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. 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. 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. Kathy Sawyer. Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-375) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. zma---- Life on other planets Meteorites Mars probes Mars (Planet) QB54 .S263 2006eb 576.8/39 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10235279 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10235279 CaPaEBR 050329 20260707180615.0 ebr10235279