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Jupiter Moon's Ice-Covered Ocean Is Rich in Oxygen
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| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 05/28/2010 5:01:20 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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Deep moon fishing, anyone?
To: Frenchtown Dan
On Earth, life had more than a billion years to evolve, before oxygen became plentiful in the atmosphere, and that delay gave organisms plenty of time to develop genetic mechanisms and physical structures that allowed them to use oxygen, instead of being destroyed by it. The delay of 1 to 2 billion years before oxygen in Europa's crust made its way into its ocean is roughly the same amount of time it took life on Earth to develop before oxygen became a problem, so life might have enough of a respite to develop on the Jovian moon. Assuming life on Europa respired at rates similar to fish on Earth, the continuous rate of oxygen delivery there could sustain roughly 3 million metric tons of life, Greenberg said.
Interesting!
To: Frenchtown Dan
The “Monoliths” said for people to stay away from going there, if I remember the story correctly.
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:07:06 AM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: Frenchtown Dan
No problem.
As long as you drill the ‘whole’!
:0)
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:07:42 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Frenchtown Dan
Duh!
hole!
Sheesh!
Not..enough...coffee
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:08:27 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Frenchtown Dan
Thats a long way to go for ice fishing.
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:09:16 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: johnthebaptistmoore; Frenchtown Dan
"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS - EXCEPT EUROPA.
ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
USE THEM TOGETHER.
USE THEM IN PEACE."
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:15:15 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: cripplecreek
Maybe the leftists would like to build their utopia on Europa instead of forcing it on us Earthlings. Start building the ships to transport them...quickly...
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:16:50 AM PDT
by
Russ
(Repeal the 17th amendment)
To: cripplecreek
It would take hours to cut a hole big enough for the boat.
To: Bigh4u2
No problem.
I’ll get a contract ready for B.P.
To: cripplecreek
Yeah, but there’s no competition, and it’s so peaceful there, and no politics yet!
To: Bigh4u2
But after we drill the hole, we’ll have to plug the damn thing!
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:39:49 AM PDT
by
libsrscum
(Obama causes cancer.)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
“All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together. Use them in peace.”
Final message from HAL 9000
“2010”
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:42:15 AM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout hearts...)
To: theDentist
Where is this a quote from? Can’t seem to find it. Maybe a reference to the island?
To: Frenchtown Dan
When they find something of value - like a city of Moon Maidens, or Green Skin Orion Girls, I'll be sitting up and taking notice. But Ice and Oxygen, we got.
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:50:13 AM PDT
by
NavyCanDo
(Palin will see the Potomac from Her House)
To: Frenchtown Dan
“2010: the year we make contact” sequel to 2001: a space odessy. IMHO the original was better.
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posted on
05/28/2010 5:51:40 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: theDentist
I should have known.
Clarke was one of my favorites.
Maybe he was on to something?
To: NavyCanDo
To: camle
Thanks, I’ll have to check it out. Didn’t even know there was a sequel.
To: Frenchtown Dan
it wasn’t that good. the guy from jaws was in it, and there was a lot of policital cynicism in it that detracted from the message that we’re nto alone, and that those others are so alien that we simply cannot contemplate their existence.
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posted on
05/28/2010 6:02:38 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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