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re: Study Suggests Titan May Hold Keys For Exotic Brand Of Life

"Poll A: Most likely spots for life in the solar system

Poll B: Most likely spots for us to find active Life (ranked in order of combination of existing and finding)"

Poll A:
Earth
Europa [and other large moons of Jupiters]
Mars
Moon
Pluto
Saturn's Moon's
Kupiter objects

Poll B:
Earth
Europa [and other large moons of Jupiters]
Mars
Pluto
Saturn's Moon
Large Kupiter objects & outer objects

I would say that if you looking for life beyond beyond Earth, Europa is the best bet. I would say that finding evidence of life on Europa would be analogous to finding meteorites in the Antarctic. But Europa suffers from the disadvange of requiring in the near & medium term to be limited to robotic missions and therefore the severe restriction due to extreme distance and speed of light. Therefore it makes sense to use Mars as a testbed for future robotic Europa exploration for life.
In terms of first discovering life beyond Earth, I think the mostly route is on Earth, next I think both the Moon and Mars may have answers that will help with this search.

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