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The Outer Solar System Beckons
- rokhayakebe 11y agoHow about looking for life on earth which we cannot perceive without augmenting our senses.
- nitrogen 11y agoThat's sort of what biology has been doing for its entire existence, with microscopes, DNA sequencing, etc. Edit: what sort of augmentation were you suggesting?
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- BinaryIdiot 11y agoEnceladus has been my favorite moon since I was a young lad. I feel like it may have the best chance at life out of all the other places in own solar system. I hope I see the day when we visit it and possibly drill into the ice. I know NASA, like any government agency, is a bit bloated and slow but they're also one of the few, hell may THE ONLY, government agency that can give people something to hope for and aspire to work for. I wish there was more government funding not just for NASA but for funding companies (through contracts or hell maybe even actual funding due to the prohibited cost of space flight) that could one day put people and robots into space. I hope I'm alive to see the day when we drill into ANY of these amazing moons...but especially Enceladus.
- p1mrx 11y ago> The ocean, you will recall, is where life is thought to have originated on our planet, Earth. Ah yes, Earth is the one with the people on it. Thank you for the helpful reminder.
- WalterBright 11y agoIf I was one of those mega-billionaires, that's what I'd be spending money on. Sending probes to all the interesting objects in the solar system.