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Jupiter moon’s ocean is rich in oxygen
Cosmos ^
| 10/13/09
Posted on 10/14/2009 5:49:31 PM PDT by KevinDavis
SYDNEY: The globe-spanning ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa contains about twice the liquid water of all Earth’s oceans combined, says a new study, which finds it’s packed with oxygen which could support life.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; space
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10/14/2009 5:50:02 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
< Insert 2001 quote here>
To: KevinDavis
I’d like on this list, thanks.
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10/14/2009 5:51:28 PM PDT
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steel_resolve
(If you won't cry havoc now, what exactly will it take??)
To: KevinDavis
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10/14/2009 5:52:17 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: KevinDavis
Too bad being that near Jupiter is hazardous levels of radiation. or am I wrong on that?
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10/14/2009 5:53:45 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: steel_resolve
I’d like on this list, thanks. The ping list or the list traveling to Jupiter's moon? :-)
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10/14/2009 5:55:07 PM PDT
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scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
To: GeronL; All
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10/14/2009 5:57:31 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: scripter; All
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posted on
10/14/2009 5:57:56 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: scripter
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posted on
10/14/2009 5:58:19 PM PDT
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steel_resolve
(If you won't cry havoc now, what exactly will it take??)
To: scripter
Isn’t this about where the Uranus jokes start to appear?
To: KevinDavis
Darn. We need to find a stargate or something.
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10/14/2009 6:02:13 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: Mr. Lucky
For those who prefer the trendier vulgar pronunciation of Uranus, some real estate on the Venus colony awaits them (see C. M. Kornbluth’s “The Marching Morons”).
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10/14/2009 6:04:41 PM PDT
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familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
To: GeronL
Luckily, water in liquid or solid form makes a great radiation shield. Submerged deep in Europa’s oceans you should be quite safe.
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10/14/2009 6:04:57 PM PDT
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eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
To: KevinDavis
Sorta sounds like something straight out of Ender’s Game, except they were in an asteroid.
We may not even have to terraform Europa.
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10/14/2009 6:06:18 PM PDT
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wastedyears
(If I don't have a right to play defense, then I'll go on offense. - FReeper Enterprise)
To: eclecticEel
Getting there might be a bit of an exposure.
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10/14/2009 6:06:43 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: eclecticEel
To: McCloud-Strife
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10/14/2009 6:13:58 PM PDT
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wastedyears
(If I don't have a right to play defense, then I'll go on offense. - FReeper Enterprise)
To: KevinDavis
Oxygen suggests plant life, at least.
To: muir_redwoods
The surface is exposed to immense levels of radiation, but the ocean is deep under the surface. Practically zero radiation gets down there.
No, oxygen doesn’t necessarily mean life. Oxygen is created on icy worlds by solar energy splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. It’s at a very low rate, though. And who’s to say that Europa wasn’t created with oxygen-rich seas?
I don’t think there’s any way to say whether life was created elsewhere in the universe, but we need to be realistic about the evidence.
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