[escepticos] Manyana la NASA anuncia un descubrimiento en astrobiologia

[José María Mateos]

2010/12/1 Manuel Herman <kanijoman en gmail.com>:
> Según todos los expertos, algo GRANDE, no va a ser. La NASA es experta en
> montar 'hypes' de este tipo para generar publicidad.

Justamente me acabo de enterar de que se ha roto el embargo:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334628/Astrobiology-findings-Alien-bacteria-lives-arsenic-Californian-lake-opens-search-life-planets.html

Pego parte debajo, por si las moscas:

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Nasa scientists are set to announce that bacteria have been discovered
that can survive in arsenic, an element previously though too toxic to
support life, it can be revealed.

In a press conference scheduled for tomorrow evening, researchers will
unveil the discovery of the incredible microbe in a lake in
California.

The remarkable discovery raises the prospect that life could exist on
other planets which do not have phosphorus in the atmosphere, which
had previously been thought vital for life to begin.

But it will come as a major disappointment for those who had hoped
that Nasa was about to announce that it had found life on other
planets.

Nasa had sparked alien hysteria around the world with its announcement
of a major press conference to be held tomorrow. It induced feverish
debate as to whether scientists were about to announce that they had
discovered life on other worlds.

But after The Sun broke the embargo on the story this morning it can
be revealed that the truth is rather closer to home.

The scientists discovered the bacteria in Mono Lake in California's
Yosemite National Park.

The space agency had said it plans to reveal an 'astrobiology finding
that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life' but
the information was under embargo until 7pm GMT.

The announcement caused frenzied speculation on the internet.

'Did they find ET?', asked one headline in the U S., while another
wrote, 'Has NASA found little green men?'

Speculation has ramped up around the world about the mystery
information and buoyed people who already believe in aliens.

One said on U.S. news website MSNBC, 'It's still hard for me to
understand why people can't accept that aliens exist... ET is real'.

'Fact is, life is everywhere,' another wrote. 'I don't need some BS
announcement to know it because I have common sense.'

A newspaper in South Korea proclaimed 'Nasa to hold news conference on
alien life'.

The event will be streamed live on the internet tomorrow evening.
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Saludos.