Would life on Mars mean there is no God?

Wow - it's been a month since I've last posted anything. Where have I been?

Anyway, I was reading this story (click above) about the ongoing search for life on Mars, and I got to thinking - if life on Mars in some form once existed, but couldn't get off the ground (as it were), would that mean there is no God?

For starters, God is infallible - yet His attempt to spark life on Mars failed. If God's only role is to direct the evolution of higher order, then He still hasn't "created" anything - He's merely retooled an existing product. Because God knows all (since He exists in all times simultaneously), why would He bother with something He knew wouldn't work?

I have not seen this issue raised anywhere yet - nobody seems to consider the ramifications of finding life elsewhere in the solar system. Personally, I'd like to see the "intelligent design" crowd explain that one.