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re: Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50

Doug Ellison — 1/5/2005 9:02:33 AM (archived)

"what are the odds of finding signs of primitive life?"

9/10ths of 4/5ths of nothing.

Doug

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Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50 - Buck Galaxy - 1/5/2005 6:10:33 AM
- re: Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50 - Doug Ellison - 1/5/2005 9:02:33 AM
  - Of course... - FrankC - 1/7/2005 5:49:45 PM
    - re: Of course... - Doug Ellison - 1/7/2005 11:13:19 PM
      - no impact craters means increased chance of life? - pwokenyaw - 1/7/2005 11:58:42 PM
- Unknowns versus Unknown-unknowns - Gary - 1/5/2005 6:46:02 AM
  - Designing things so they can only be installed correctly... - Larry J - 1/5/2005 2:35:39 PM
    - Computer connectors and universal perversity - Gary - 1/5/2005 4:39:52 PM
      - Lost Parts - Nick Hoffman - 1/5/2005 9:59:05 PM
        
        Why would you bother about the missing part? - LJ - 1/6/2005 5:26:14 PM
        
        That's just in cars. In space systems... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2005 10:28:04 PM
      - universal perversity - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2005 8:12:39 PM
      - lost items, parallel universes, and Douglas Adams - Daniel - 1/5/2005 5:11:02 PM
    - re: Designing things so they can only be installed correctly... - phil - 1/5/2005 4:33:13 PM
  - agreed - Buck Galaxy - 1/5/2005 8:19:33 AM
    - re: agreed - Marcia - 1/5/2005 8:18:28 PM
- re: Anthropocentrism and cold - Raoul - 1/5/2005 6:35:17 AM

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