Simulation Says Extremophiles Could Survive on Europa's Surface - Polidicks

[QUOTE=OvB;33377145]Finding something exactly like it is on earth would be mind blowing. What we would probably look for is if the organism had DNA similar to ours. If we found that, it may support the idea that we were seeded by comets. If we find organisms that are completely different than organisms here, but still have the same DNA, then that will really force us to question our own origins.[/QUOTE] Carbon based life forms aren't the only ones around, recently we found the arsenic based ones in a toxic pool in the US. They still are carbon based, but lack phosphorous. Meaning it's totally probalble that other elements could base life

I think my neighbor is an extremophile.

[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;33377436]Carbon based life forms aren't the only ones around, recently we found the arsenic based ones in a toxic pool in the US. They still are carbon based, but lack phosphorous. Meaning it's totally probalble that other elements could base life[/QUOTE] I didn't forget about that find. I'm just saying that there are a lot of variables, so if we found something that had exactly the same DNA as terrestrial life, it would be a very compelling find.

thought this would have been about those people who sit in ice water for days being able to live on europa which would be fucking awesome

[QUOTE=DimJim;33377988]thought this would have been about those people who sit in ice water for days being able to live on europa which would be fucking awesome[/QUOTE] Yeah, I sort of thought that it meant that people could live in Europa with extreme-weather gear.

I want one as pet.

[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;33378071]I want one as pet.[/QUOTE] me too we're talking about planets, right

[QUOTE=ewitwins;33378011]Yeah, I sort of thought that it meant that people could live in Europa with extreme-weather gear.[/QUOTE] [quote]Nighttime surface temperature: 85 K ( -188° C) [/quote] [quote]The lowest temperature ever recorded at the surface of the Earth was −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) [/quote] We'd need tough gear, that isn't constricting. But it's a long way off, we'd also have to deal with a load of other shit for humans to deal with

I'm going to have to go with "No" on the question of using a SpaceX Falcon to send something sizeable to Europa... Maybe a radioactive drill but I don't see how you'd manage without some equipment on both the surface and orbit, considering, well, miles of ices and what have you. Maybe a Falcon XX would do it, but that's a little past the "on the horizon" stuff.

The bad thing is that most extremophiles are microbes. So no giant Europaen lobsters. [sp]5 year old joke? No? Okay...[/sp]

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;33379150]I'm going to have to go with "No" on the question of using a SpaceX Falcon to send something sizeable to Europa... Maybe a radioactive drill but I don't see how you'd manage without some equipment on both the surface and orbit, considering, well, miles of ices and what have you. Maybe a Falcon XX would do it, but that's a little past the "on the horizon" stuff.[/QUOTE] It would take a few missions, probably. First we launch a satellite for relaying data. Second, we launch a lander on it, look around, poke the ice, see if there's anything noticeable on the surface. Third, you launch a drill rig. That would obviously be the heaviest part. You build all stages of the mission at once, and launch them as they finish. The cost would be astronomical, but entirely worth it in my opinion.

[QUOTE=Runar;33376694]Extremophiles.. Do they like.. enjoy extreme sex or something? In that case, send me to Europa![/QUOTE] Reminds me of that one story of that guy who had sex while sky diving.

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So it is true. Ann Coulter can survive in a barren, frozen hellscape that has no atmosphere to speak of.

Could you imagine if everyone just got along and looked up at the night sky and said "let's find out whats out there" Just all of humanity working together to build and work towards exploring space, traveling to the stars.

[QUOTE=Adius Shadow;33382982]Could you imagine if everyone just got along and looked up at the night sky and said "let's find out whats out there" Just all of humanity working together to build and work towards exploring space, traveling to the stars.[/QUOTE] Never going to happen. there are plenty of brown people to focus on opressing and killing first.