NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2

[Qrius]

NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2,
to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.

Source :
NASA - NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2 (http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html)

[Cronus]

to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.


Notice the underlined part. They've not found anything and it will be the usual BS press conference.

Its more than likely about the Cassini probe finding an oxygen atmosphere on Rhea, one of Saturns moons.

Thin Air - Cassini Finds Ethereal Atmosphere at Rhea - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-399)

[Qrius]

Pamela G. Conrad seems to be a Mars expert as they speculate.

http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/decadal/PamelaGConrad.pdf

Twitter / Search (http://twitter.com/search/nasa#search?q=nasa)

[cablefreejunkie]

NASA= never a straight answer :sleep::sleep::sleep::sleep:

[Cronus]

After doing some reading, it may have something to do with this article.

Haze on Saturn's moon Titan may hold ingredients for life (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101008105847.htm)

They have found all the building blocks for life on Titan.The molecules discovered include the five nucleotide bases used by life on Earth to build the genetic materials DNA and RNA: cytosine, adenine, thymine, guanine and uracil, and the two smallest amino acids, glycine and alanine. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

The results suggest not only that Titan's atmosphere could be a reservoir of prebiotic molecules that serve as the springboard to life, but they offer a new perspective on the emergence of terrestrial life as well.
Its saying that the chemistry occurring on Titan might be similar to what happened on our young Earth that produced biological material and eventually led to the evolution of life.

[patkins]

I was on there site a few weeks ago and lo and behold they were to make another of these announcements. From an organisation that sends rockets into space this turned out to be another of their Damp Squibs.