Is There Life On Mars? The age of Mars has been reported to be between 3.6 billion and 1.3 billion years old, "depending on who you ask" These ages come from the estimated ages of meteorites found on Earth that are believed to have originated on Mars. The meteorites were dated using radiometric dating methods. The most widely accepted theory of life on Mars is that of the recently conceived primitive, or microscopic, life may have existed …showed first 75 words of 641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 641 total…Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon. As the years pass, that possibility seems to dwindle. But just imagine the year 2008. The sample mission comes back with a rock that bears evidence of fossil remains. There may have been life on Mars. The only way to know for sure would be to go look. We still have eleven years based on the above deadline. We got to the moon in less than ten. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**