Life on Mars?

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT=#FFFFFF> <TABLE> <TR> <TD> <TABLE HEIGHT=410 WIDTH=200 CELLPADDING=3><TR> <TD ALIGN=MIDDLE VALIGN=CENTER> <IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/lifeonmarslogo.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH="168" HEIGHT="108"><BR> </TD> </TR><TR> <TD><CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1 COLOR=#299C52>Updated Feb. 5, 1997</FONT></CENTER> <P> <A HREF="latest.html"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/cornflake.gif" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="54" HEIGHT="62"></A>&nbsp<A HREF="latest.html"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/latesttypeicon.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH="79" HEIGHT="20"></A><BR> &nbsp NASA launches first of a series of probes in a ten-year mission to Mars </TD> </TR><TR> <TD> <A HREF="skeptics.html"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/skepticsicon.gif" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="71"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/skepticstypeicon.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH="82" HEIGHT="20"></A><BR> Scientists hotly challenge the NASA findings </TD> </TR><TR> <TD> <A HREF="coverage.html"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/timeicon.gif" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="71"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/coveragetypeicon.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH="82" HEIGHT="20"></A><BR> From reports of other water-bearing planets to Carl Sagan's forecast </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="http://img.timeinc.net/time/mars/planet.gif" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="439" HEIGHT="400" HSPACE="3"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE WIDTH=100%> <TR> <TD ALIGN=MIDDLE> <BR><BR> <A TARGET="_top" HREF="photo.html"><FONT SIZE=-1 COLOR=#299C52>Photo Credits</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>  <script type="text/javascript"> adFactory.getCmAd(142, 70, "article", "text").write(); </script>   <div id="omniture" style="display:none;"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://img.timeinc.net/tii/omniture/h/common.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://img.timeinc.net/tii/omniture/h/config/time.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> </div>  </body>