New York Q&A: With the Landing of Curiosity on Mars, do you think there is life in the universe?

Lacy Matthews (James Smith/The Epoch Times)

With the landing of NASA’s rover, Curiosity, on Mars early Monday morning, the quest for understanding life in the universe continues.

Curiosity’s primary mission is to look for evidence that Mars once hosted the basic building blocks necessary for life to evolve.

The Epoch Times asks New Yorkers: Is there life in the universe other than here on Earth?

Kenneth Slater, 65, maintenance, Brooklyn

I'd say yes, I don’t believe we are the only ones. … I believe there are some signs of life. Some say the paranormal is just fiction, but I don’t believe them, there might be a parallel universe, we believe in the almighty, the higher power, does he exist? Where does he come from? Love, you feel love, you feel emotion, but you can’t see it, so there is the possibility.

Walter Judy, 32, photographer, Manhattan

I think there’s a great deal more; I think humanity is losing the desire to explore. There is something more to the universe that society is failing to appreciate. We’re not doing enough to explore that. There’s a lot still to discover on Earth, but I think there’s even more out in space we can find and I think Curiosity is a good step and I hope that inspires people to continue exploration rather than the stagnation since Apollo.

Ray Browski, 57, retired, Manhattan

I wish there was green people coming down here; we can’t just be the only people in the universe, if there’s water, you could live on Mars.

Lacy Matthews, 54, maintenance, Brooklyn

There might be something up there; who knows, possibly.