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Rand Simberg wrote:
[snip] Presuming we know exactly what it is that we're wiping out, and that it's things similar to slime mold, extensive samples of which are held in laboratories on Mars, Earth and other places, I'd have to come down on the side of letting the creatures go extinct in the wild. I'm somewhat uncomfortable with that conclusion, but perhaps that's appropriate. I'd prefer to preserve them somehow, but not leave them an entire planet as habitat. "Maybe it's something we can transplant...." Sorry, couldn't resist. |
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as I doubt very many Earth microorganisms would
survive on Mars if brought there unintentionally by an expedition Not so. Mircroorganisms are extremely tough, and not just the extremeophiles. Many can form spores to ride out bad conditions and wait for good ones - then breed -very- quickly during short-lived good conditions. We most likely have already put Earth microbes on Mars that may not be breeding, but are certainly surviving. |
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Pat Flannery wrote
[...] find that "Ha-Ha! Go Ganymede!" carved in the ice next to the hole.... the fun will really begin! Pat Ahhh, my will to live has been restored...I have found Pat! The little trolley in my heart has found its overhead wire! /dps |
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dave schneider wrote: Ahhh, my will to live has been restored...I have found Pat! The little trolley in my heart has found its overhead wire! Hands off Milla Jovovich, and her strange metallic red hair as shown in the new Feria commercial! On a related topic, what does Tamas Feher do when he's not investigating ancient super civilizations? Why restore Austro-Hungarian ironclads of course: http://www.oz.net/~markhow/pre-dred/leitha.htm Tamas has had the foresight to ready the Hungarian monitor Leitha for the imminent Martian invasion that shall descend like the king of terrors later this month (as predicted by Nostradamus; as was Bill Clinton's infidelity, and Prince Charles' loss of a thing deeply loved by him....his favorite Polo Mallet); and like the "Thunder Child", the plucky little ironclad shall defend the Danube and Budapest with it's very life....holding up the Martian advance for well over ten seconds... until the loathsome tripods, hooting maniacally over it's scorched hulk and toasted crew, can be lulled into a false sense of confidence...only to encounter their doom as one after another, they are electrocuted by caffeine-crazed maniacal trolley bus drivers hurling their sparking mounts into the tripod's steel feet like Living Socialist Thunderbolts! Pat |
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Pat Flannery wrote in message ...
dave schneider wrote: Ahhh, my will to live has been restored...I have found Pat! The little trolley in my heart has found its overhead wire! [...] ...only to encounter their doom as one after another, they are electrocuted by caffeine-crazed maniacal trolley bus drivers hurling their sparking mounts into the tripod's steel feet like Living Socialist Thunderbolts! Pat It was worth the wait! /dps |
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