> Most assumptions are that there is life on Mars and time is simply whittling away at the probability ... Certainly not, at least not among scientists. To a s

> Most assumptions are that there is life on Mars and time is simply whittling away at the probability ... Certainly not, at least not among scientists. To a scientist, there's nothing up there but sand and thin air, until evidence proves otherwise. Popular reports naturally enough get this scientific, appropriately skeptical outlook completely wrong.