Are obviously being viciously spun for the blatant political purpose of destroying my credibility at this key moment -- when our criticisms of NASA and the current rover mission are gaining legs. This is what someone is apparently quite concerned about.

Became the first to propose ... the possible existence of deep ocean life under the global ice shield perpetually surrounding the enigmatic moon of Jupiter, Europa.

There is a reasonable hypothesis that there could have been an ancient civilization on Mars, ... At no point has NASA chosen to address this scientifically.

The question of who's first is tricky, ... Clearly, I was not the first [nor have I ever claimed to be] to propose an original liquid ocean for Europa. But I do maintain I was the first to recognize in the new Voyager data that it might still be liquid.

The government of Pakistan had informed us about this and we are looking into it.