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Not radius, but surface area
Unless it's a ratio of mass or volume to surface area
Marsby
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10/15/2008 1:29:55 PM
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And I think this should be.
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Looks Like Mars Is Most Likely Habitable
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Marsby
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10/14/2008 3:48:00 AM
Only by misusing the word "habitable"
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E.P.
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10/15/2008 10:11:24 PM
OK
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Marsby
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10/16/2008 4:04:06 AM
Answers Regarding An Ancient & Tough Microbe - Geologist Comments Would Be Helpful
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Marsby
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10/15/2008 3:59:03 AM
Not radius, but surface area
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nick hoffman
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10/15/2008 12:29:14 PM
Unless it's a ratio of mass or volume to surface area
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Marsby
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10/15/2008 1:29:55 PM
ET life
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phil
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10/14/2008 6:32:39 PM
Not many life searching dedicated missions after 50 years
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Socrates II
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10/14/2008 7:25:54 PM
With large space telescopes....
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Raoul
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10/15/2008 5:29:46 AM
Maybe in a century from now
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phil
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10/15/2008 12:41:22 AM
It is a shame - and wrong - how you took my statement
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Socrates II
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10/15/2008 3:29:58 AM
Don't Take It Personal
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Marsby
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10/15/2008 4:10:49 AM
re: Don't Take It Personal
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phil
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10/15/2008 5:10:17 PM
Which is why...
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Socrates II
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10/15/2008 6:40:00 PM
That's another limited idea about ETI - and no, I am not taking it personally, either
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Socrates II
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10/15/2008 4:43:45 AM
It's Evolution Not An Assumption
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Marsby
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10/15/2008 1:35:38 PM
I used to think that
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Socrates II
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10/15/2008 1:49:34 PM
re: I used to think that
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gbaikie
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10/15/2008 10:43:04 PM
Positing preconditions and precursors.
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Bowser
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10/14/2008 3:18:56 PM
Did Anybody Read The article?
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Marsby
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10/14/2008 5:40:27 PM
Read the post.
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Bowser
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10/15/2008 12:39:44 AM
It Didn't Sound Like You Read The Article
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Marsby
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10/15/2008 2:50:25 AM
Read the article, enjoyed the article, AND that is a complex, fragile critter.
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Bowser
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10/16/2008 1:35:55 AM
re: Life on Earth
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Raoul
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10/14/2008 2:54:32 PM
That is what scientists are wondering about
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Socrates II
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10/14/2008 3:24:31 PM
re: Looks Like Mars Is Most Likely Habitable
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Marsbug
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10/14/2008 9:58:27 AM
How long could microbes survive on Mars underground?
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Socrates II
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10/14/2008 1:36:17 PM
Read Article
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Marsby
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10/14/2008 1:42:59 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.