If it isn't aliens people are going to be pissed about the hype. Of course if it was aliens something tells me this would get more coverage then just being streamed online.
I bet it's secondary evidence of some sort: they've found evidence of compound X being in the atmosphere of Rhea or Titan which only exists in the presence of compound Y which could only be produced by some form of life, or something like that.
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TPRJones wrote:I bet it's secondary evidence of some sort: they've found evidence of compound X being in the atmosphere of Rhea or Titan which only exists in the presence of compound Y which could only be produced by some form of life, or something like that.
Yeah. If they'd found ANY evidence of life existing on some other planet right now, fuck online. Damn near every news network in the world would have that story five minutes ago.
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GORDON wrote:I read about a week ago they had been surprised to find some O2 on one of Saturn's moons.
Titan?
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Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
It just seems a little out of their jurisdiction, that's all. It's NASA. That means "out there" not "down here" ... unless there was a ride hitched on a meteor or something, of course.
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TPRJones wrote:It just seems a little out of their jurisdiction, that's all. It's NASA. That means "out there" not "down here" ... unless there was a ride hitched on a meteor or something, of course.
NASA is extremely interested in any form of life that doesn't conform to standard "Earth-like" patterns because they can then keep a look out for them on larger scale. Granted, the lake is sitting in California, but I'm betting that the conditions in this lake aren't terribly common to this planet. Which means if you really want to try to put things in perspective, you need experts who deal with more than just Earth. As for the meteor/asteroid thing, I think they're pretty much implying that we've either (i) discovered a branch of life unlike anything ever seen before or (ii) have some rather strong evidence that at least some life on this planet originated on some other one.
But this is definitely a cocktease announcement. Where's my fucking aliens?
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