I disagree. Life can exist ANYWHERE - with oxygen, without oxygen, high pressure, low pressure, toxic gases, ultra-high radiation, etc etc... We find it happening on Earth, doesn't that mean it extends to outer space too?? Life is EVERYWHERE throughout the cosmos, it's obvious.

It would be interesting to see the response on Planet Earth when these Mars probes "finally" detect microbic life on Mars (or Titan...or...?). It would disintegrate ALL western religion, wouldn't it?! (= ie human beings aren't special...life can evolve everywhere...etc...)

Maybe it would be time then (hypothetically speaking, of course) for governments to finally declare religion as a MENTAL ILLNESS (long overdue!).

(...Or maybe...just maybe...that's why we "mysteriously" lose contact with these probes...?)