Positing preconditions and precursors.

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Positing preconditions and precursors.

Bowser — 10/14/2008 3:18:56 PM (archived)

I'm delighted they found this critter who can live in extreme conditions. And I hope something like that is found on Mars.

I'm wondering, though, if the chain of events and conditions over a long time period in a precise time sequence would have occurred on Mars. This robust creature seems to be at the end of a fragile chain.

The way things are changing I know I'll never find out, and I doubt anyone living will ever know for sure but it's a nice hope made more reasonable.

Arf

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

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