lander samples Mars water

[amigaksi]

>Since liquid water is a critical requirement for the development of life as we know it, finding it or evidence that it existed can only increase the probability that life exists or existed.

Unless, of course, if the liquid leaked from the NASA Phoenix lander itself (or someone else's mission).  (Just considering all possibilities.)

[amigaksi]

>by blobrana on 2008/8/1 11:26:50

>Yeah,
exciting news, and one that has enormous implications for future missions.

In which direction?  (Just joking).  

I always thought there could be life out there but may not be in the form we know it.  As Karlos prudently points out, we have not detected life "as we know it".