On A Limb with Claudia

Rocket scientist.

I had dinner, and a few drinks, with a rocket scientist last night. We got to talking about Mars. I’ve never understood Mars or any fascination with Mars. Even though this rocket scientist started his career designing space craft to Mars, and I’ve known him for more than twenty years, we’ve never talked about Mars. Until last night.

This is what he said:

It’s very likely that Mars is the origin of life. Not life as we know it, but single celled life soupish stuff. Life was going along just fine on Mars. Then an enormous asteroid bashed into Mars causing enormous devastation. (There’s evidence on Mars of the asteroid.)

The asteroid bash unleashed some of this pre-life soup and, because Mars atmosphere is thin, it entered into the solar system, flew around the sun for a couple billion years, and then landed, without ceremony, on earth. One thing led to another and here we are.

So we are in fact the Martians we fear. Poetic isn’t it.

Filed under: Distractions, The nerdiverse

9 Responses to “Rocket scientist.”

1. angela, on February 23rd, 2007 at 9:23 am Said:

   A real rocket scientist, Claudia? I’m very impressed….
   I love Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles so Mars isn’t such a stranger to me.
   Angela

2. lone grey squirrel, on February 23rd, 2007 at 9:58 am Said:

   “So you’re a rocket scientist……that don’t impress me much” (lyrics from Shania Twain song).

   Sorry, just a little jealous.

3. Pam, on February 23rd, 2007 at 1:23 pm Said:

   HA! I knew it! Really thought provoking though…and may be a solid explanation for my family history….!

4. Open Grove Claudia, on February 23rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm Said:

   Angela - Yeah, he’s the smartest person I know - possibly the king of my nerdiverse.

   Squirrelly - We are all drawn to things that pull on us - for you it’s other things, for the rocket scientist, it’s Mars. I am certain there are legions that are jealous of you.

   Pam - Yay! I am thinking now of becoming a Martian-American instead of an Irish-American. It seems more appropriate.

5. Pendullum, on February 24th, 2007 at 5:11 pm Said:

   Stranger than fiction!

6. nila, on February 25th, 2007 at 8:34 am Said:

   We’re martians! That explains so much.

7. Open Grove Claudia, on February 26th, 2007 at 3:34 pm Said:

   Pendullum - A little unbelievable, eh?

   Nila - Yes, I agree. I’m replacing my hyphen - how about you?

8. Moobs, on November 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 am Said:

   I thought it was only men that were from Mars.

9. Open Grove Claudia, on November 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm Said:

   Moobz - No, only You are from Mars.

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