ocr: 9 OT THE: SEARCH FORI LIFE METEORITES After voyaging through the cosmos for several million years, THE SETI PROGHAM one of these Martian rocks approached Earth about 13,000 years ago (during the Stone Age, when man was. just starting to develop agriculture). The rock fell through the Earth's atmosphere and crashed to the icy continent of Antarctica-wnere it remained until 1984, when scientists discoveredi it in an area known as Allan Hills. The rock was thus tagged: Allan Hills 84001, or. ALH 84001. Antarctica is a veritable treasure trove of Martian meteorites (also called SNC meteorites afte ...
