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    Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life

    Baby-Making is Tougher in Space

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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.

    ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.

    USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.
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    Image of AdoraBelle AdoraBelle
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    I can already see the predatory gleam in my father's eyes. He's one of those crazy fishermen that would literally go to the moon, any moon, if there's a prospect of good fishing involved.
    Being a vegetarian, I'm rooting for underwater cities and green merepeople.
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    Image of bookwench bookwench
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    When we drill through through their sky, they're going to totally freak out.
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    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    Why oh WHY are they not sending some kind of probe to drill down and see??
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    10/09/09

    @SeeingI: The radiation would destroy the probe in minutes. Jupiter's inner moons frequently pass through Jupiter's equivalent of a Van Allen belt, so it's constantly hit with charged particles.

    Under the surface ice, it might be a different story--the ice might be thick enough to prevent radiation from penetrating any deeper; so if there are oceans of liquid water under there, there's also a possibility of life.
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    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    10/19/09

    @Anekanta: I read someplace that any such probe would have to be made of ceramic to avoid any mishaps, like say, stainless steel's ion emissions accidentally poisoning the European (!?) critters. #space
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    So, there really could be whalers on the moon; just that it's a moon of Jupiter?
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    cool.maybe there will be some weird bigass lobster like creatures
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    Image of ottothecat2008 ottothecat2008
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    let's ignore the extreme radiation.
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    10/09/09

    @ottothecat2008: 5-10km of ice should do pretty decently at stopping radiation. Not to mention there are certain species of bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions on Earth.
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    *grabs fishing rod and pressure suit*

    See you guys Monday!
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    Will these be made with Vacuum Organisms?
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    10/09/09

    @TemporalSword: And Seal People wearing shorts and multipocketed vests.

    Don't forget the Seal People!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @TemporalSword: They will be designed by vague, nebulous gene wizards. *grumble*
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/09/09

    @Motoki: In order to survive, the Seal People had to get.... a little crazy.
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    10/09/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: WTF are you guys talking about?!?
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: The book club this week.

    [io9.com]
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: [io9.com]

    Although I rather liked having it look like we were all insane and making bizarre random crap.
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    10/09/09

    @Motoki: Lol. That would have been awesome and hilarious.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: I'm making a reference to the singer Seal.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/09/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: With a kiss from a rose?
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    10/12/09

    @Motoki: It looked like Dadaists gone extra mad, on really good drugs. "In order to survive, the Seal People had to get.... a little crazy," is so insanely funny?
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    Image of strideo strideo
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO FISHERIES THERE."
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/09/09

    @strideo: Indeed... and 2010, the year we'll make contact, is just around the corner.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/09/09

    @strideo: I don't think that's going to stop the Japanese.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    10/09/09

    @I Think We're Property: It's fish we're talking about, not whales.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/09/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: If it comes out of an ocean and can be turned into sushi, I think its game.

    And really, if UN laws can't stop them hunting whales, then once the novelty of xenoshimi catches on, are the vague warnings of the mysterious and sufficiently advanced progenitors which spurred our evolution really going to stop them?
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/09/09

    @Roklimber: Correct me if I'm wrong and chide me for being to lazy to look it up. In the book "2010" I believe that life was on Io (by the chinese mission) but by the time the movie got made, research had established that life was more likely on Europa so Clarke asked that it be changed.

    Anybody remember that?
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    10/09/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: nope, it was Europa
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    Image of CSX321 CSX321
    10/09/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Maybe you're thinking about how the 2001 book was about Saturn, but the movie was about Jupiter. So Clarke wrote the subsequent books about Jupiter, as well.
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    10/09/09

    @goldfarb: The book had the Chinese burning all their fuel on the way to Jupiter in order to get to the monolith first. They landed on Europa to refuel, and the alien blob monster was attracted to their lights. Io is a hellhole.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    nice theory ,let`s hope theres fact behind it .
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @disatess: Uh...yeah...that's what makes it a theory.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    In reply to Jupiter's Moon Could Sustain Animal-Like Life
    But will Europan fish taste like fish or taste like chicken?
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: It will taste like pork....
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: It'll taste like vomiting if they don't use amino acids with the same handedness as ours.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    08/26/09

    In reply to Baby-Making is Tougher in Space
    The solution: Space sex. Lots of it. We must boldly go and breed our way out into a darwinistic solution to this.
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    Image of okeribok okeribok
    08/26/09

    In reply to Baby-Making is Tougher in Space
    Oh noes! We are bound to this bloody rock forever!
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    08/26/09

    @okeribok: This is where we need to start inhabiting many different rocks, with differing gravities. Throw some mammals on the moon, and some on Mars, just to see the effects of 1/6th or 1/3 G on mammalian reproduction. Take some of the smaller critters and put them on a centrifuge, and try different rates. See? space travel and sex do make for a great mix, in spite of that hot mess DEFYING GRAVITY.
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    Image of arthurborko arthurborko
    08/25/09

    In reply to Baby-Making is Tougher in Space
    So you're saying Captain Dylan Hunt couldn't exist right?
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/25/09

    @arthurborko: Neither could Valentine Michael Smith.
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