NASA, in Buzzkill Move, Sez Life on Mars Unlikely

Low Upper Limit to Methane Abundance on Mars. (Science, 9/19/2013)

Need more than a few plumes,  I gather.

Life on Mars?  Well, Maybe Not.  (The New York Times, 9/19/2013)

Excerpt: The history of human fascination with the possibility of life on Mars is rich, encompassing myriad works of science fiction, Percival Lowell’s quixotic efforts to map what turned out to be imaginary canals, Orson Welles’s panic-inducing 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio play, and of course Bugs Bunny’s nemesis, Marvin the Martian.