Re: Probably more than most people

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SM — 9/2/2002 1:46:21 PM (archived)

Cold icy environments tend to dehydrate cell structures, and dessicated nuclei cause the DNA to fragment. There are only a few microrganisms that can repair this damage. One of them is D. Radiodurans, but even this species has a large fatality rate under these conditions. Understand that D.Radiodurans can only repair the damage after it is re-hydrated, and this is not expected to ever occur again on Mars. Mars has been boot-dry for eons.

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UH scientists say life likely lurks on Mars. - Robert Clark - 9/1/2002 7:46:49 PM
- Re: UH. I don't think so... heh heh. - SM - 9/4/2002 4:20:16 PM
- Re: Where? Mars? I don't think so. - SM - 9/1/2002 12:14:21 PM
  - Re: UH. I don't think so. LOL :-) - SM - 9/4/2002 4:17:01 PM
  - Re: Danger! Danger! Will Robinson! Danger! - BRFelix - 9/3/2002 8:53:53 AM
  - Just look at the picture man. - O'Neil - 9/2/2002 6:47:50 PM
    - Re: Very nearly - SM - 9/3/2002 9:54:58 AM
      - Re:What were you expecting? - O'Neil - 9/4/2002 7:39:14 PM
        
        Re: Naw -- the whole planet's a hazard . . . ;^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 12:06:46 PM
        
        Re: It's covered in nothing but dust and impact debris - SM - 9/4/2002 1:22:55 PM
        
        Re: Well, according to the bookcover . . . - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 2:04:25 PM
        
        Re: Referring once again to the Pathfinder image... - SM - 9/4/2002 10:50:20 AM
        
        Re: Referring once again to the fact that a macro-image of micro-life it is irrelevant . . . - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 11:03:17 AM
        
        Re: I think it diminishes the prospects rather significantly - SM - 9/4/2002 4:43:28 PM
        
        Re: Sounds like a 180 degree turn -- thank you . . . - D. Spires - 9/5/2002 12:41:11 PM
        
        Re: Your welcome. No problem really. - SM - 9/5/2002 2:01:16 PM
        
        Re: Big words . . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 11:54:16 AM
  - Re: Do you want a picture of the Sahara Desert . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/1/2002 1:58:33 PM
    - Re: Oh yes.... subsurface ice - SM - 9/1/2002 3:18:02 PM
      - Re: And you know nothing of microscopic life . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/2/2002 9:29:52 AM
        
        Re: Probably more than most people - SM - 9/2/2002 1:46:21 PM
        
        Re: Uh-huh . . . - D. Spires - 9/3/2002 2:43:30 PM
        
        Re: Uh-huh . . . - SM - 9/3/2002 9:09:10 AM
        
        Analysis Proved? - BRFelix - 9/4/2002 1:39:13 PM
        
        Wish they had found H2O2 - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2002 6:29:43 PM
        
        Re: No it doesn't . . . - D. Spires - 9/3/2002 9:39:55 AM

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