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"FDA defined the standard for approval so high that it assured claim approval would be as rare as a finding of life on mars. In 1994, New York Times best selling authors, scientists, and devoted libertarians Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw joined with a group of entities including the American Preventive Medical Association and Citizens for Health and directed me to file comments opposing FDA interpretation of the health claim standard for dietary supplements because it censored truthful information concerning the effect of certain nutrients on disease." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.)

"The big question of whether there is (or was) life on mars has yet to be answered with certainty. The Viking landers conducted three experiments on Martian soil to check for biological processes. Some of the tests yielded positive results, but these could also be explained by the soil chemistry. The lack of other evidence of organic molecules adds to the case against life on mars. A British spacecraft, Beagle II, was set to conduct further biological experiments in 2004, but the craft failed to land safely on the Martian surface." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) "Even before Gemsback'sAmazingStories began in 1926, the American author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) had been writing about life on mars, on Venus, and at the center of the Earth for All-Story, Argosy, and other general-interest pulps. "Space opera," a successful formula, pitted good against evil in epic struggles at the intergalactic frontiers of human expansion. The American E. E. "Doc" Smith (1890-1965) cultivated a devoted readership for these thrilling action adventures. One of Smiths fans, American John W. Campbell Jr." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) "The so-called canals on Mars—later found to be optical illusions—were first observed by 19th-century astronomers and led to the widespread belief that there was life on mars. (In 1900 the French Academy offered a prize to the first person to find life on any planet except Mars, presumably because everyone knew that there was life on that planet.) The planet thus became the target of numerous space probes, both U.S. and Soviet, from the early years of interplanetary exploration. The first successful flyby of Mars was achieved by the U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 in 1965." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) "The lack of other evidence of organic molecules adds to the case against life on mars. A British spacecraft, Beagle II, was set to conduct further biological experiments in 2004, but the craft failed to land safely on the Martian surface. Orbiting satellites have mapped the entire planet down to a resolution of 500-1,000 ft. (150-300 m), and in smaller regions have imaged surface features 1.5 ft. (0.5 m) across.The planets surface is heavily cratered, and there is extensive evidence of once-active volcanoes." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"By the 1950s the idea of life on the sun had been dropped, of course, but it was felt that we would surely find life on mars and Venus, and perhaps on some of the larger moons as well. As the exploration of the solar system unfolded over the last quarter century, however, these hopes were dashed. Venus turned out to be a torrid hell, Mars a cold, waterless desert. Despite the optimism of the 1950s, there is today no evidence for life anywhere in the solar system, although there may once have been primitive life on mars." - James Trefil, 101 Things You Don't Know About Science And No One Else Does Either (Get the book.)

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