The only way to know for sure is to go there and check it out. Life displays a great capacity for adaptation, but the key element is to understand how life gets started in the first place. Water is probably a universal prerequisite, if there's an ocean underneath Europa's ice sheets, and its interior is just warm enough for enzymes and proteins to function properly, then we might have life.
Well said! Over and over, the requirment of life is repeated as follows: "You need water, you need water, you need water." Mars is close and interesting, but whats the point of looking at where life MIGHT has been when Europa might actually have something - right NOW?
Skeletor Jopko too expensive. Mars may have harbored life in shallows lakes during its early history, but any fossil record has proably been wiped out as life on the planet's surface may not have evolved beyond unicellular bacteria.
It is possible that life on Europa is not composed of proteins as terrestrial organisms are. One could expect to find something similar to chemo bacteria, or even something new which subsists on heat alone.
I hope they go to check out Jupiter's and Saturn's moons after they colonize mars a bit. It probably will take them decades but I think the wait is worth it.
Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
as far as extreme compression? yes exactly. British Droopy is right. this is not the best scientific idea but.... let's drop some off and see if they survive lol
Very interesting, but again, it's apparent Mars is being ignored, and instead the focus is on a distant moon of Jupiter, Europa. There's plenty of extremophiles that live in places on Earth that are less habitable than lots of places on Mars, so why the diversion?
Extreme shrimp on Earth may hold clues to the search for alien life.
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It would be interesting to see whether any subsurface ocean on Europa is in contact with a rocky ocean floor for mineral exchange or not.
*****, what another one? I've just taken the last slug out of my Orkney Breweries "Red MacGregor". Very recommendable, especially for astrobiology.
Yo creería que si encontramos vida en otros mundos, serán mayoritariamente, como plantas ó insectos y no tan desarrollados como los crustáceos.
Carlos Urrutia Many billion years old ocean. Who knows what kind of monsters and madness will be found? :)
Herr Hansen Incluso en esta misma tierra, nadie sabe como será la vida dentro de un millon de años...
British commentator makes everything instantly credible.
The only way to know for sure is to go there and check it out. Life displays a great capacity for adaptation, but the key element is to understand how life gets started in the first place. Water is probably a universal prerequisite, if there's an ocean underneath Europa's ice sheets, and its interior is just warm enough for enzymes and proteins to function properly, then we might have life.
I think we need to abandon all science on Mars, and refocus on Europa.
Well said! Over and over, the requirment of life is repeated as follows: "You need water, you need water, you need water." Mars is close and interesting, but whats the point of looking at where life MIGHT has been when Europa might actually have something - right NOW?
I fail to see how focusing new research on Europa requires abandoning any science on Mars.
Why not both?
***** It is ice.
Skeletor Jopko Money.
Skeletor Jopko too expensive. Mars may have harbored life in shallows lakes during its early history, but any fossil record has proably been wiped out as life on the planet's surface may not have evolved beyond unicellular bacteria.
It is possible that life on Europa is not composed of proteins as terrestrial organisms are. One could expect to find something similar to chemo bacteria, or even something new which subsists on heat alone.
Focus on europa, not mars
Excellent!
I hope they go to check out Jupiter's and Saturn's moons after they colonize mars a bit. It probably will take them decades but I think the wait is worth it.
How can I cook it?
Dm, chi biet an an, an cai lon, dua cung biet nen lua cho dua,
Tates like bacteria and rock...
Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
You can bring it over and cook it on my grill. :)
Extreme Shrimp May Hold Clues to extreme Shrimp sauce...
good luck prawn, don't trust human
as far as extreme compression? yes exactly. British Droopy is right.
this is not the best scientific idea but.... let's drop some off and see if they survive lol
I LOVE SHRIMP, I HOPE THEY DONT EAT EVERYTHING
I love salmon, shrimp, scallops and crab.
Very interesting, but again, it's apparent Mars is being ignored, and instead the focus is on a distant moon of Jupiter, Europa. There's plenty of extremophiles that live in places on Earth that are less habitable than lots of places on Mars, so why the diversion?
Go to Europa and start shrimping. That should do most of NASA's funding :)
I like this video its interestyng
Pfft... what an unbelievable mentality.