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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:09 pm
by WSGrundy
This Thursday NASA is holding a press conference to discuss an astrobiology finding that will "impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life"
If it isn't aliens people are going to be pissed about the hype. Of course if it was aliens something tells me this would get more coverage then just being streamed online.
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:17 pm
by TPRJones
I bet it's secondary evidence of some sort: they've found evidence of compound X being in the atmosphere of Rhea or Titan which only exists in the presence of compound Y which could only be produced by some form of life, or something like that.
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:00 pm
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:I bet it's secondary evidence of some sort: they've found evidence of compound X being in the atmosphere of Rhea or Titan which only exists in the presence of compound Y which could only be produced by some form of life, or something like that.
Yeah. If they'd found ANY evidence of life existing on some other planet right now, fuck online. Damn near every news network in the world would have that story five minutes ago.
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:05 pm
by GORDON
I read about a week ago they had been surprised to find some O2 on one of Saturn's moons.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:27 am
by TheCatt
Well, hopefully it has nothing to do with my wife going into labor.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:00 am
by TheCatt
TheCatt wrote:Well, hopefully it has nothing to do with my wife going into labor.
Stella (Catt) Haisty - 7lbs 4oz, 20.25" - 5:01am - everyone's doing great, just tired.... and waiting for blankets so we can sleep.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:17 am
by thibodeaux
Hey, congratulations!
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:16 am
by Troy
Wooo!
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:49 am
by Leisher
Congrats!
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:30 am
by GORDON
Isn't that spanish for 'star?'
Congrats.... and the diaper-counter resets.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:34 am
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:I read about a week ago they had been surprised to find some O2 on one of Saturn's moons.
Titan?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:35 am
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Isn't that spanish for 'star?'
Congrats.... and the diaper-counter resets.
Estrella. Pretty close.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:35 am
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:I read about a week ago they had been surprised to find some O2 on one of Saturn's moons.
Titan?
One I don't think I'd heard of. My 5 year old probably has.
They found "a lot" of O2, but not by Earth standards.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:43 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:Isn't that spanish for 'star?'
Congrats.... and the diaper-counter resets.
Yep, I've already changed 1 massive poosplosion. That nasty black starry stuff.
Thanks, everyone. It's a little wild having a baby again.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:59 am
by TheCatt
So, to get the thread back on track... NASA finds arsenic-based life.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:16 am
by TPRJones
Very interesting. I look forward to learning more.
But I am confused as to why NASA is involved with this. Seems to be a terrestrial discovery based on current - albeit limited - information.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:26 am
by TheCatt
TPRJones wrote:Very interesting. I look forward to learning more.
But I am confused as to why NASA is involved with this. Seems to be a terrestrial discovery based on current - albeit limited - information.
Search for life now includes new planets?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:53 am
by Troy
TheCatt wrote:TPRJones wrote:Very interesting. I look forward to learning more.
But I am confused as to why NASA is involved with this. Seems to be a terrestrial discovery based on current - albeit limited - information.
Search for life now includes new planets?
Also, I read somewhere the lake was only 750,000 years old.
So where was the arsenic based life before that?
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:37 pm
by TPRJones
It just seems a little out of their jurisdiction, that's all. It's NASA. That means "out there" not "down here" ... unless there was a ride hitched on a meteor or something, of course.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:14 pm
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:It just seems a little out of their jurisdiction, that's all. It's NASA. That means "out there" not "down here" ... unless there was a ride hitched on a meteor or something, of course.
NASA is extremely interested in any form of life that doesn't conform to standard "Earth-like" patterns because they can then keep a look out for them on larger scale. Granted, the lake is sitting in California, but I'm betting that the conditions in this lake aren't terribly common to this planet. Which means if you really want to try to put things in perspective, you need experts who deal with more than just Earth. As for the meteor/asteroid thing, I think they're pretty much implying that we've either (i) discovered a branch of life unlike anything ever seen before or (ii) have some rather strong evidence that at least some life on this planet originated on some other one.
But this is definitely a cocktease announcement. Where's my fucking aliens?
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