Essay - The Mars Mystery' by Graham Hancock Chronicles the Historical Studies...

The Mars Mystery" by Graham Hancock chronicles the historical studies conducted ***** many scientists and researchers about ***** possibility that life existed on the planet Mars. This issue has long been in great discussion and debate among ***** and scholars, and two sides are formed based on this *****: one side stating ***** life in ***** is possible, although speculations that ***** planet had an existing form of civilization (similar to us human beings) is not accepted. The other side speculates the possibility that there is both ***** and an ***** civilization in Mars. The possibility ***** Mars ***** able to support hum***** (or at least similar to the elements needed ***** ***** human living) life is the primary fact***** that scientists and scholars of astronomy ***** interested in. The ***** that ***** can be a*****her "Earth planet" that cultivates ***** life ***** help explain why Earth came into existence, and how human beings ***** into existence in ***** *****.

Graham Hancock provides a thorough study of evidence and facts that support his stance that there had been ***** on Mars, and that human life or ***** similar to humans may have existed prior to the asteroid explosi***** the Mars planet had suffered years ago. Of all the planets in ***** Solar System, why is it that ***** remains to be the primary contender for a second "E*****rth?" Hancock provides ***** with ***** answer in his book, stating that Mars is "indisputably the most Earth-like in the solar system" for several reasons: (1) Mars's axis is tilted at angle approxim*****ely close to Earth's own axis "in relation to its orbit around the Sun"; (2) Mars makes a complete rotation in 24 hours like the Earth; (3) its shape is not perfect sphere but "somewhat flattened at the poles (similar to Earth's obl*****e- spheroid shape); (4) it has four seasons, icy polar caps, mounta*****s, deserts, ***** dust s*****rms; and (5) Mars once had a climate that is similar in compos*****ion and form ***** that of our ***** planet. In the more composite or chemical aspect of ********** composition, it ***** similar to the Earth's geological ***** atmospheric compos*****ion. These similarities are the follow*****g: (1) presence of hydrocarbons similar to the breakdown products of dead micro-organisms on Earth; (2) mineral phases that ***** "consistent with by- products of bacterial activity; and (*****) tiny carbonate globules which are speculated ***** be microfossils of the primitive bacteria (Williams 2001). ***** factors ***** is similar to Earth's *****, biological, and geological structure and composition ***** Mars the ***** likely contender for the 'second Earth,' where cultivation ***** human life is *****.

The following observations menti*****d above were ***** merely established as *****. These ***** are products of numerous space exploration sponsored and funded by the government in an effort to know ***** about Mars and o*****r heavenly bodies which might pose potentials to cultivat*****g human life. ***** course, the space explorations are not primarily focused on ***** ***** cultivations ***** ***** a ***** body; information