Original date for this blog was 9/16/2014

Redo # 2

This article, the main idea is very clear. Richard A. Lovett gives an excellent intake on how there has been many studies as well as discussions about the possibilities that there can be life on mars…

Colorful cave deposits thought to be just minerals are actually waste materials from unknown microorganisms, some scientists say. A cave scientist, Penelope Boston, in New Mexico states that "We're finding that you need to look at things you might write off as not being biological—they might be biological." Which I feel is very true, because all of these new findings are biological. Another scientist, actually a Geomicrobiologist named Diana Northup at the University of New Mexico, said that there are findings in Hawaii, New Mexico and the Portuguese Azores islands. In Hawaii the substances have a “lovely blue-green ooze” and in New Mexico they are a “Gold, crunchy looking mineral”, and in the Azores “amazing pink hexagons.” By studying these substances here on earth, it could link it to places such as mars, or eve further than that. A geochemist informs the reader that Northup’s discoveries in the caves can add “growing body” that the lava tubes could be the best places to look at on other planets. Northup mentions that with all the work done in the caves here on earth, the inside is substantially different than the outside. That could also be the case on mars as well

Nothing is unclear; Lovett did a great job at simplifying everything so I can understand what is being talked about.

I could only find that there is ethos and pathos available. Ethos simply because I felt safe with he information given, and could trust Lovett’s writing. I could trust his writing because I personally know one of his resources and I trust her as well. Pathos is here, because it goes about finding life on other planets which can be a very emotional finding for everyone. I know if they found life on other planets I would be scared, intrigued, and happy and alert all at the same time.

This does seem biased in the way that it’s in favor of finding life elsewhere. There was no indication stating that they didn’t want to discover new life on other planets.

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091120-caves-lava-tubes-microbes-poop.html