re: The Saturn system is a good place to look for old ET hardware

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Nick Hoffman — 6/14/2004 6:50:16 AM (archived)

Taking this to its extreme conclusion, perhaps the rings are the surplus material left over as the machine miners tore through moons looking for heavier elements and organics?

Until recently, the dynamic lifetime of the rings was calculated to be rather short, implying a formation event in the past few hundred Ma...

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Phoebe theory... battered - Adam - 6/13/2004 9:50:31 PM
- around only 3 months left to go (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 6/16/2004 3:04:16 PM
- Putting all kidding aside, it seems to me that one good orbital nudge would make Phoebe the mother of all comet nuclei. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/14/2004 7:36:04 PM
  - Firing all thrusters... - Adam - 6/15/2004 10:34:26 PM
- The Saturn system is a good place to look for old ET hardware - Gary - 6/14/2004 6:28:32 AM
  - re: The Saturn system is a good place to look for old ET hardware - Hans - 6/14/2004 8:24:47 PM
  - re: The Saturn system is a good place to look for old ET hardware - Nick Hoffman - 6/14/2004 6:50:16 AM
    - Or....the rings of Saturn are one giant LP phonographic record. ;-) - Jaco Samorodin - 6/14/2004 7:21:40 PM
    - re: The Saturn system is a good place to look for old ET hardware - LJK - 6/14/2004 4:01:23 PM
    - Technological Activity in the Saturn system - JimO - 6/14/2004 12:27:09 PM
      - Hydrogen mining for Venus... - Adam - 6/15/2004 10:46:18 PM
      - re: Technological Activity in the Saturn system - dtb - 6/14/2004 2:36:17 PM
        
        Footfall is one of my favorite Sci Fi books - Buck Galaxy - 6/15/2004 7:32:43 AM
- re: Phoebe in detail - Raoul - 6/14/2004 5:31:06 AM
  - frozen geysers? - Simon - 6/15/2004 3:35:33 PM

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