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Offline Gunthr

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NASA to announce possible life in our own solar system!
« on: March 09, 2006, 10:53:10 AM »
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Orlando Channel 13: 'Big NASA Announcement Set For Today'... // 'NASA is planning to make a huge announcement today, about possible life in our own solar system'...[/
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From the Drudge site

If true, this is really exciting
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2006, 10:56:25 AM »
There is life in our own solar system.
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NASA to announce other life in our solar system
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2006, 10:57:21 AM »
From Drudge's site http://www.drudgereport.com/

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Orlando Channel 13: 'Big NASA Announcement Set For Today'... // 'NASA is planning to make a huge announcement today, about possible life in our own solar system'...

**EXCLUSIVE** PLANNED PRESS RELEASE: NASA'S CASSINI DISCOVERS POTENTIAL LIQUID WATER ON ENCELADUS...


This is pretty exciting...
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2006, 11:00:13 AM »
There is no intelligent life in this solar system.

none.

zip.

nada.

zeeeeerooooooooo.

There's a sign out past pluto.. big billboard. Lights 'n all.

"Nothin to see here. Keep Going."
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2006, 11:00:59 AM »
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Originally posted by Hangtime
There is no intelligent life in this solar system.



That is true. :)
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2006, 11:03:31 AM »
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Originally posted by Hangtime

"Nothin to see here. Keep Going."


If you would have said "Nothing to see here, move along" I would have started beleiving in deity... one with a beard, glasses... and a knack for pulling the wrong plug.
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2006, 11:09:22 AM »
Now now, Saw, he didn't pull it...

...he kicked it. :aok
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2006, 11:22:15 AM »
bit mis-leading thread title wouldn't you say?

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"We realize that this is a radical conclusion - that we may have evidence for liquid water within a body so small and so cold," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. "However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms."
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2006, 11:26:36 AM »
Cue X-file music....



"I want to believe"....



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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2006, 11:34:45 AM »
We already know there is life in OUR solar system Doh!
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« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2006, 11:44:11 AM »
If this is for real....it's beyond exciting.

It's extraordinary.  Based on the environments where we have been able to find thriving microscopic life, liquid water would strongly suggest the very high likelihood of something living.  No bigger than a bacterium, but world-shaking nonetheless.  Add free oxygen to that, and the possibilities are astounding.

Truly, I hope we do confirm life elsewhere in my lifetime.  Can you imagine absolute proof that we are not alone...?
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2006, 11:47:37 AM »
C'mon MrRipley, they might discover an alien bactieria that could be sprinkled on a pile of those plastic six pack keepers and produce free energy - or something...
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« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2006, 11:52:32 AM »
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bit mis-leading thread title wouldn't you say?


Yes, though not intentional.  
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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2006, 11:58:04 AM »
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Truly, I hope we do confirm life elsewhere in my lifetime. Can you imagine absolute proof that we are not alone...?


It would be absolutely monumental if there is life there... the ramifications are multiple and wide-ranging even if its only on the bactierial level.  But if I felt alone, I not sure having an alien bactieria with me would satisy my social needs.  Although I do admit it would give some of my asquaintences some serious competition.


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« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2006, 12:03:51 PM »
Proving existance of bacterial life on other planets in our solar system probably is more of a "when" rather than an "if" question.
Free oxygen isn't even a requirement, life can exist well without it. Earth didn't have free oxygen until well into the precambrian age. For about 2 billion years earth's atmosphere didn't contain significant amounts of oxygen.
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