Argumentative Essay: Is There Life On Mars?

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Is there Life on Mars?
Alaina Smith
Georgia Military College Is there life on Mars? Almost every person in science has asked this question at least once in their life. While there are people who believe that there is, there are also the naysayers. Mars is one of the planets that have eluded us for centuries while we have landed on it and done studies; we have still yet to fully say that there was life on mars or that there currently is life on mars. Some scientists have dedicated their lives to finding out the answer. In this paper, both sides will be represented to fully understand this difficult question.
Supporting Arguments Water is needed for life to thrive on any planet, so by proving that there was or still is water on mars, a scientist could prove that there was life. Just last year NASA announced that they found what looked like “dark streaks” …show more content…

Space Agency has stated that this proof is still not ready to prove that there is life on mars (Moskowitz). They are stating that water does not equal life. While water is crucial for life, it is not enough to prove that there is life on Mars. This article also states that in August 1996, NASA found a Martian rock that landed in Antarctica, which had holes in it that could have possibly contained bacterial life (Moskowitz). This was a huge announcement but has since been discredited with other forms of explanation. Science.org also had a few things to say about the NASA explorations. They stated that the rover Curiosity could not detect the gas Methane on the planet Mars, which is also essential for life (Cho). While this discovery was important it did not prove either way that there was or could be life on Mars. There have been many spacecraft that has flown to Mars and have spotted clouds of methane, but it has not been seen since 2006 (Cho). So this argument is slowly proving that Mars could not support life on it's dangerous

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