That is why I'm a man of science , not religion . A scientist will not jump the gun and say that a microbe or something that resembles one is life . Not until it is PROVEN to be so . Since our scientists are constantly pushing and pushing until they find that proof , either on Mars or the moons of Jupiter or Saturn , it's reallyjust a matter of time . When they find that absolute proof , you can go outside and look up at the stars and say " it's really happening out there " . Maybe at the same time you are doing that , someone lightyears away is doing the same .