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• It's my opinion, my conclusion, but now I have to say that there is no life within our Solar System and farther out too. - Jacob - 3/30/2008 7:57:34 PM
  • And if you are correct - Buck Galaxy - 4/2/2008 8:03:19 PM
    • Megadittos - phil - 4/4/2008 4:30:28 PM
    • Yea, I thought of the terraforming implications. You have certainly focused in on the human potential there. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/4/2008 12:40:07 PM
    • re: And if you are correct. - There it is: IF - Marcia - 4/3/2008 2:42:31 AM
  • re: It's my opinion, my conclusion, but now I have to say that there is no life within our Solar System and farther out too. - Marsbug - 4/1/2008 2:28:11 PM
  • Other possibilities. - Robert Clark - 4/1/2008 11:02:33 AM
  • Sorry. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2008 8:00:34 AM
    • There ain't gonna be a test on this, is there? - McFly - 4/1/2008 8:48:06 PM
      • Yes, but you'll get to grade your own paper. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/3/2008 2:17:14 AM
  • Insufficient Data for Meaningful Response (n/t) - MULTIVAC - 4/1/2008 7:19:19 AM
  • re:What is your definition of life? - Johannes - 3/31/2008 11:56:52 PM
    • Anything with functioning DNA is a good start. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/1/2008 12:41:49 PM
      • re: Are you saying that the deoxyribonucleic acid is alive or - Johannes - 4/2/2008 1:08:17 AM
        • The key word is "functioning DNA" for anything that's carbon-based and alive. Fossils are another matter. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/2/2008 5:44:31 PM
          • re: Functioning DNA is a combination of atoms that form molecules, are these molecules alive? - Johannes - 4/3/2008 1:57:43 AM
            • You'll be disappointed in my answer. - Jacob - 4/4/2008 12:38:25 PM
              • re: Thank you for your interesting answer. - Johannes - 4/4/2008 7:08:34 PM
  • wrong premise - dd - 3/31/2008 2:44:37 PM
    • Valid point, but bacteria require a complex, energy-rich cyclical system to survive. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/31/2008 11:03:17 PM
  • Everyones entiled to their opinion! - Marsbug - 3/31/2008 10:33:10 AM
    • Hey! If a LGM were to show up on my lawn I would change my mind. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 3/31/2008 10:48:50 PM
  • Sorry, delusion alarm. You don't know with any certainty. Nobody does... (n/t) - et - 3/30/2008 11:32:50 PM
    • Sorry, silliness alarm...I used science to make a biased opinion. So sue me. - Jacob - 3/31/2008 10:47:09 PM
      • I'm a fundamentalist agnostic on this issue. - et - 4/1/2008 9:14:08 PM
  • We never said it would be easy - nick hoffman - 3/30/2008 11:21:58 PM
    • It may be impossible....It may be asymptotic. - Jacob - 3/31/2008 10:59:19 PM
      • That should be X can never equal zero...Sorry for the typo.. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/31/2008 11:05:03 PM
  • Nowhere? Not even on Earth? - pwokenyaw - 3/30/2008 11:18:17 PM