VIVAnews -- Planet Mars menjadi fokus perhatian manusia dalam rangka penjelajahan luar angkasa. Ada dua hal yang dicari tahu dari planet merah itu: apakah ada kehidupan di sana, dan apakah Mars bisa jadi koloni manusia, jika nantinya Bumi tak bisa menopang kehidupan.
Namun penelitian terbaru yang sedang dikerjakan oleh para ilmuwan cerdas dari dua universitas ternama dunia, MIT dan Harvard justru lebih maju dan revolusioner. Ingin membuktikan apakah ada kemungkinan pohon kehidupan di Bumi punya akar di Planet Mars. Para peneliti juga menciptakan sebuah instrumen untuk membuktikan dugaan itu.
Instrumen itu dinamakan Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genom atau SETG. Instrumen yang sedang dikembangkan itu akan menelaah sample debu dari Mars, mengisolasi materi genetik yang mungkin ada -- berupa serangga atau mahluk hidup lain yang mati beberapa juta tahun lalu.
Dengan instrumen ini, para ilmuwan bisa menggunakan teknik biokimia standar untuk menganalisa setiap urutan genetik yang dihasilkan lalu membandingkannya dengan temuan di Bumi.
"Ini proyek jangka panjang," kata peneliti dari MIT, Chris Carr seperti dimuat Space.com. "Jikan nantinya kita menemukan ada kaitan dengan Bumi, bisa jadi mahluk Bumi berasal dari Mars. Atau sebaliknya, bermula dari Bumi dan dikirim ke Mars."
Gagasan bahwa kehidupan Bumi berasal dari organisme di Mars mungkin tak ada di pikiran setiap orang. Namun, ini bukan ide gila.
Sebab, meski saat ini permukaan Mars dingin, kering, dan tanpa kehidupan -- ada banyak bukti planet ini lebih hangat dan basah miliaran tahun lalu.
Seperti halnya di Bumi, ketika semua kehidupan bergantung pada air. Mars kuno mungkin pernah menjadi pendukung beberapa bentuk kehidupan -- mungkin bahkan sebelum Bumi. Demikian kata para peneliti.
Jika ini yang terjadi, mikroba Mars mungkin telah mengkolonialisasi Bumi, saat asteroid raksasa meluncur ke Mars dan membuat partikel-partikelnya muncrat dan lalu mengalami perjalanan antar ruang. Para peneliti mengestimasi, ada 1 miliar ton bebatuan Mars yang berkelana di tahun-tahun itu.
Dan mikroba yang sangat kuat, sehingga mungkin bahwa beberapa dari mereka bisa selamat dari dampak asteroid dan menuju rumahnya yang baru di planet lain. Car menambahkan, dinamika orbital menunjukkan adalah 100 kali lebih mudah untuk batuan Mars menuju Bumi daripada sebaliknya.
Namun, Carr mengatakan, sangat kecil kemungkinan untuk menemukan sesuatu di permukaan Mars. Cara yang bisa dilakukan adalah penggalian. "Ada dua kemungkinan, Mars memiliki kehidupan atau tidak sama sekali. Namun kami ingin memastikannya."
Sementara, Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat tak seoptimis pendapat para ilmuwan itu. "Hal ini tidak masuk akal bahwa kehidupan di Mars terkait dengan kehidupan di Bumi -- dan disebut bahwa dua planet berbagi genetika," kata astrobiologis dari Ames Research Center NASA di Moffett Field, California, Chris McKay. Namun, "dalam kasus apapun, akan menjadi penting untuk menguji hipotesis ini. "
Chavez: Kapitalisme Musnahkan Kehidupan Mars
Jika para ilmuwan mendasarkan teori kehidupan di Mars dengan beberapa fakta ilmiah, entah apa yang ada di kepala Presiden Venezuela, Hugo Chavez saat ia mengatakan: "kapitalisme mengakhiri kehidupan di Planet Mars."
"Saya selalu mengatakan, juga mendengar, tak aneh jika Mars ternyata punya peradaban. Namun mungkin datanglah kapitalisme, imperialisme, dan lihat apa yang dilakukannya pada planet ini," kata dia Selasa 22 Maret 2011, seperti dimuat Irish Times.
Tawa para pendengar pidato presiden nyentrik ini membahana. Namun, Chavez dengan cerdik mengurai maksud perkataannya itu. Ia memperingatkan, proses yang sama dengan Mars, degradasi lingkungan tengah terjadi di Bumi.
"Lihat! Berhati-hatilah! Di sini, di planet Bumi, lahan yang ratusan tahun lalu adalah hutan lebat menjadi kering-kerontang. Sungai besar menjadi padang pasir di mana-mana. Bagaimana kemajuan mempertaruhkan risiko kehidupan di planet ini, bukan jangka panjang, namun bahkan dalam jangka menengah.
Kamis, 24 Maret 2011
Love Story
“Love Story”
We were both young, when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts-
I’m standing there, on a balcony in summer air.
I see the lights; see the party, the ball gowns.
I see you make your way through the crowd-
You say hello, little did I know…
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles-
And my daddy said “stay away from Juliet”-
And I was crying on the staircase-
begging you please don’t go…
And I said…
Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting; all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess,
It’s a love story, baby, just say yes.
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet, because we’re dead if they knew-
So close your eyes… escape this town for a little while.
Oh, Oh.
Cause you were Romeo – I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said “stay away from Juliet” -
but you were everything to me-
I was begging you, please don’t go-
And I said…
Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting; all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess.
It’s a love story, baby, just say yes-
Romeo save me, they’re trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it’s real.
Don’t be afraid, we’ll make it out of this mess.
It’s a love story, baby, just say yes.
Oh, Oh.
I got tired of waiting.
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading-
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said…
Romeo save me, I’ve been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting, for you but you never come.
Is this in my head, I don’t know what to think-
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said…
Marry me Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that’s all I really know.
I talked to your dad — go pick out a white dress
It’s a love story, baby just say… yes.
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh.
We were both young when I first saw you.
We were both young, when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts-
I’m standing there, on a balcony in summer air.
I see the lights; see the party, the ball gowns.
I see you make your way through the crowd-
You say hello, little did I know…
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles-
And my daddy said “stay away from Juliet”-
And I was crying on the staircase-
begging you please don’t go…
And I said…
Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting; all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess,
It’s a love story, baby, just say yes.
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet, because we’re dead if they knew-
So close your eyes… escape this town for a little while.
Oh, Oh.
Cause you were Romeo – I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said “stay away from Juliet” -
but you were everything to me-
I was begging you, please don’t go-
And I said…
Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting; all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess.
It’s a love story, baby, just say yes-
Romeo save me, they’re trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it’s real.
Don’t be afraid, we’ll make it out of this mess.
It’s a love story, baby, just say yes.
Oh, Oh.
I got tired of waiting.
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading-
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said…
Romeo save me, I’ve been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting, for you but you never come.
Is this in my head, I don’t know what to think-
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said…
Marry me Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that’s all I really know.
I talked to your dad — go pick out a white dress
It’s a love story, baby just say… yes.
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh.
We were both young when I first saw you.
Remember December
I feel a seperation coming on
’Cause I know you want to be moving on
I wish it would snow tonight
You’d pull me in, avoid a fight
’Cause I feel a seperation coming on
Just prove, that there’s nothing left to try
’Cause the truth, I’d rather we just both deny
You kissed me with those open eyes
It says so much, it’s no suprise
To you, but I’ve got something left inside
Don’t surrender, surrender, surrender
Please remember, remember, December
We were so in love back then,
Now you’re listening
To what they say
Don’t go that way
Remember, remember, December
Please remember,
Don’t surrender……
You said you wouldn’t let them change your mind
’Cause when we’re
Together fire melts the ice
Our hearts are both on overdrive
Come with me, let’s run tonight
Don’t let these memories get left behind
Don’t surrender, surrender, surrender
Please remember, remember, December
We were so in love back then,
Now you’re listening
To what they say
Don’t go that way
Remember, remember, December
Please remember,
Don’t surrender……
I remember us together
With a promise of forever
We can do this, fight the pressure
Please remember, December
Don’t surrender, surrender, surrender
Please remember, remember, December
We were so in love back then,
Now you’re listening
To what they say
Don’t go that way
Remember, remember, December
Please remember,
Don’t surrender……
’Cause I know you want to be moving on
I wish it would snow tonight
You’d pull me in, avoid a fight
’Cause I feel a seperation coming on
Just prove, that there’s nothing left to try
’Cause the truth, I’d rather we just both deny
You kissed me with those open eyes
It says so much, it’s no suprise
To you, but I’ve got something left inside
Don’t surrender, surrender, surrender
Please remember, remember, December
We were so in love back then,
Now you’re listening
To what they say
Don’t go that way
Remember, remember, December
Please remember,
Don’t surrender……
You said you wouldn’t let them change your mind
’Cause when we’re
Together fire melts the ice
Our hearts are both on overdrive
Come with me, let’s run tonight
Don’t let these memories get left behind
Don’t surrender, surrender, surrender
Please remember, remember, December
We were so in love back then,
Now you’re listening
To what they say
Don’t go that way
Remember, remember, December
Please remember,
Don’t surrender……
I remember us together
With a promise of forever
We can do this, fight the pressure
Please remember, December
Don’t surrender, surrender, surrender
Please remember, remember, December
We were so in love back then,
Now you’re listening
To what they say
Don’t go that way
Remember, remember, December
Please remember,
Don’t surrender……
just the way you are
Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day
Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
lyricsalls.blogspot.com
Just the way you are
Her nails, her nails
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day
Oh you know, you know, you know
Id never ask you to change
If perfect is what you're searching for
Then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
The way you are
The way you are
Girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day
Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
lyricsalls.blogspot.com
Just the way you are
Her nails, her nails
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day
Oh you know, you know, you know
Id never ask you to change
If perfect is what you're searching for
Then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
The way you are
The way you are
Girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
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