Scientists Eye Jupiter’s Moon By Jove, Water on Europa?

ABCNEWS.com ^ | april-16-2003 (not sure) | By Kenneth Chang

[fishtank]

Lots of evolutionists are going to be disappointed when no life is found on Mars............and Europa.

[ContentiousObjector]

and your basis for knowing there is no life on Europa or Mars is what exactly?

[ffusco]

You're right. Of course its a lot more difficult to prove the existence of life in our solar system and beyond than to just dismiss the possibility.

[anobjectivist]

I think the existence of water, or at least ice, on Europa is obvious, but the real question is how deep do you have to go to get liquid? It would be great and cute if the ice were only on the order of hundreds of meters thick at some places, but I've seen some estimates that indicate miles or kilometers.

In that case, even in the existence of an ocean on europa would not matter. There is no way to transport a craft with enough energy and equipment to tunnel through kilometers of ice to find ocean. At least not for centuries if we ever get the infrastructure up in space.

[Chairman Fred]

There is no reason to assume that God created life only on Earth and not in other places. "My House has many Rooms..."

[RightWhale]

That would be a tough place for a settlement. Plenty of water, but cold and the ground isn't stable. A science station might go there, even a mining camp, but homesteaders would have a rough time.

[Petronski]

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS
EXCEPT EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE

USE THEM TOGETHER
USE THEM IN PEACE

[AFreeBird]

Europa?

These worlds are yours to use together in peace, except Europa - attempt no landing there.

Que orchestra

[AFreeBird]

damn you got it right. I couldn't remember exactly.

[Lady Jag]

Have you seen the worm-like glass tunnels of Mars? Sure makes you think of life forms.

[dead]

Thanks Kreskin! You just saved us hundreds of millions of dollars.

[ffusco]

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[Joe Hadenuf]

Lots of evolutionists are going to be disappointed when no life is found on Mars............and Europa.

I think you could possibly be wrong. I think they will eventually find some type of life on Mars, possibly under ground micro-organisms, or even some type of vegetation on the surface. Mars is a big place, we have yet to actually explore it close up. I am confident that life is out there, if not Mars, elsewhere, as we just are too primitive at this point to discover it.....

[green team 1999]

the cracks in the ice indicate movement and i don`t think the ice is that deep,and we can send some missions using radar and other sensors like we did on mars.

[PatrickHenry]

Water on Europa ping.

[green team 1999]

arthur c. clark got the right idea long time ago.

[green team 1999]

Have you seen the worm-like glass tunnels of Mars? Sure makes you think of life forms.

arthur c. clark mention possible life forms on mars and is asking for the us to go.

[Orangedog]

Lots of evolutionists are going to be disappointed when no life is found on Mars............and Europa.

Yes, just like Copernicus was so devistated when he found out that the Earth really was the center of the Universe.

[green team 1999]

what mars would look like with the original oceans,photo from nasa.