Europa's oceans possibly contain enough oxygen for advanced lifeforms

[Canuhearme?]

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;17776526]Well how comes that Soviet Union made huge progress in space exploration with "Socialism" (yes I know it wasn't exact socialism) running?

If we got working Socialism, I think it could actually boost the research to incredible heights. Incredible amounts of effort get wasted due to competition in capitalism.

Unfortunately, fully working Socialism is even bigger fantasy than high-fiving aliens on Europa.[/QUOTE]

Exactly, and the Competition part actually aids Capitalism, here's an example:

Virgin Galactic managed to put a spaceship in orbit using less materials, less money, and less fuel then a flight of comparable size by NASA. Why? Because they were competing against other companies for being the first Corporation in Space.

[DuraFlex]

I saw this a while ago, but with less information, but It will take a few decades to get there

[yuki]

I've always thought of Europa as a second Earth. I hope to go there before I die.

Also we should start terraforming immediately!

[Treelor]

[QUOTE=Zombii;17767222]Can't believe no one has mentioned this yet.

[img]http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2007/1022-1.jpg[/img]

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I don't mean the whole book. Just the "A Spy In Europa" story.[/QUOTE]

I didn't even know he wrote another book, I need to run down to Borders and get that. I loved Pushing Ice.

[Zenreon]

Lets go there, bomb the surface, steal their oil and water and take the animals for food and pets.

Humanity FTW

[DainBramageStud]

But Europans are peace-loving tentacle-people. They mean no harm. :ohdear:

[Xystus234]

We had better find a way to make sure we don't forward-contaminate it.

[SantanaDVX]

Why can't we take extremophiles that survive on ocean vents or in arctic ice or on the panels of spaceships and introduce them to atmospheres such as europa?
We should purposely introduce life to a foreign environment and monitor it as it goes.

[Zenreon]

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;17770163][img]http://www.coveworld.net/kotor-d20/images/selkath.jpg[/img]

hey hows it goin[/QUOTE]

Whatever is under there, even if it isn't civilized, wouldn't have legs cause its a bloody ocean.

[Trotsky]

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;17805103]Whatever is under there, even if it isn't civilized, wouldn't have legs cause its a bloody ocean.[/QUOTE]

That's true, and I always wondered why the selkath had legs.

[Uberman77883]

Too bad Europa becomes an Alien inhabited planet in the 2001 series.

That means we can't have it.

[Levithan II]

[QUOTE=TheJiggler;17758175]Thread music.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smUMOm6-P2U[/media][/QUOTE]

The first robot probes sent to Europa reported nothing but water, ice, two-ton tables, and a microphone.

[rammaster]

[QUOTE=Thom12255;17757987]I thought it said Europe.[/QUOTE]

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