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Europa Lander May Not Have to Dig Deep to Find Signs of Life
Space.com ^
| 07/23/18
| Mike Wall
Posted on 07/23/2018 7:32:23 PM PDT by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green
I thought they said attempt no landing there.
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
07/23/2018 7:37:58 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(I am a secessionist.)
To: TheZMan
To: Simon Green
Why not Ganymede? Robert Heinlein already wrote a book about it!
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posted on
07/23/2018 7:44:29 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: SunkenCiv
*ping*
The monoliths are gonna be pissed.
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posted on
07/23/2018 7:46:58 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: TheZMan
Man, things were going so good with MAGA somebody just had to do this!?!
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posted on
07/23/2018 7:50:42 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Simon Green
“It’s unclear, however, just how deep a Europa lander would need to dig to have a chance of finding anything.” Of course it’s “unclear.” Pure fairy tales at the taxpayer’s teat.
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posted on
07/23/2018 7:51:41 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Simon Green
I would think jupiters radiation would have a detrimenral effect on life there. I know water shields from radiation, but I would think that messes up anything on or near the surface.
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posted on
07/23/2018 7:57:58 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: TheZMan
I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that......
To: Simon Green
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:04:09 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Simon Green
I believe the surface temps vary from -170 at equator to -350 or so at the poles...perfect temp for unlimited chemical reactions (sarcasm alert)...atmosphere mostly oxygen...hmmmmm...oxidative destuction of surface molecules?...doesnt sound conducive to abiogenesis....just sayin...research sounds interesting tho....
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:19:30 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: Getready
Plus...Europa orbits within Jupiter’s radiation belts and is bombarded by fast-moving charged particles, which can turn amino acids and other possible biosignatures into mush.
To: Simon Green
Clipper will study Europa up close during dozens of flybys, some of which might be able to zoom through the moon’s suspected water-vapor plumes.
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Why don’t they save some money and sample the water plume?
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:37:24 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Fungi
Pure fairy tales at the taxpayer’s teat.
Not too long ago it was a dream and fairy tale to even consider sending a spacecraft nearly 400,000 million miles away to an outer planet.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:40:08 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Simon Green
If THE lANDER landed in the US Congress, they would have to drill very deep to find any signs of life, intelligent or otherwise.
To: beebuster2000
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posted on
07/23/2018 9:20:18 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
07/23/2018 10:54:43 PM PDT
by
Stosh
To: Simon Green
So... have they found life on Uranus?
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posted on
07/23/2018 10:56:02 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: Stosh
Great! Thanks for the smile!
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posted on
07/24/2018 12:02:55 AM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
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