NASA's Phoenix lander will reach Mars in late May, 2008, but what will it find? These authors predict the historic discovery of life on Mars, based on decades of observations of the Red Planet by the old-time astronomers. These observations include photographs of seasonal color change, spectral evidence of organic compounds, and other convincing data. If life is confirmed on Mars, why didn't modern space scientists discover life on Mars sooner? Mankind has been able to send space probes to Mars for almost 50 years. But in all that time, only two life detection probes have landed there. Were scientists overly cautions out of fear of contaminating Mars? Fear of contaminating Earth if some nation were to bring back samples? Fear of germ warfare research based on alien bacteria? Whatever combination of factors turns out correct, the authors show that an historic discovery is imminent - life on Mars! You may choose to wait, but remember - the "Pre-Phoenix" edition will not be available for long. ...More >< Less