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Sounds like a good mission for the emerging private space program.
I agree.
Jacob Samorodin
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Methane in the water plumes of Enceladus.
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Robert Clark
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3/12/2006 2:51:24 PM
"This could arise either from hydrothermal activity or microbial activity."
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et
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3/13/2006 12:03:47 AM
re: "This could arise either from hydrothermal activity or microbial activity."
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Robert Clark
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3/13/2006 7:57:12 AM
"A moon or planet would ot be "born" with methane. It has to come from somewhere."
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end transmission
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3/13/2006 6:58:25 PM
You're right the methane could be primordial.
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Robert Clark
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3/13/2006 7:22:59 PM
Titan's CH4 is probably primordial as well.
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et
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3/13/2006 7:38:43 PM
It's good to be conservative & cautious with interpretation, but a biological explanation is still feasible.
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Jacob Samorodin
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3/14/2006 12:27:36 AM
LOL, thanks ET
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R.L.
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3/13/2006 3:11:29 AM
Think about it from the thermodynamic perspective.
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Jacob Samorodin
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3/12/2006 9:04:18 PM
WOW!!!....
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Jacob Samorodin
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3/12/2006 8:27:46 PM
Sounds like a good mission for the emerging private space program.
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Lee
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3/12/2006 9:11:16 PM
I agree.
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Jacob Samorodin
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3/12/2006 10:10:59 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.