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> Space is pretty inhospitable Is it? Predation, old age (wear and tear), disease (pollution) are the primary reasons that what we consider "living things" die
by reallydude 8y ago
> Space is pretty inhospitable
Is it? Predation, old age (wear and tear), disease (pollution) are the primary reasons that what we consider "living things" die. Space has very limited vectors of death for something like the tardigrade. To some bug dessicated hibernating in a rock, it's not too bad.
- stcredzero 8y agoEventually, cosmic ray damage will even get the tardigrade.
- wk_end 8y ago> Predation, old age (wear and tear), disease (pollution) are the primary reasons that what we consider "living things" die. ...on Earth, where the multitude of things that make space inhospitable - both objectively, like no atmosphere to protect from cosmic radiation; and subjectively, like vastly different conditions that terrestrial life hasn't evolved for - aren't an issue.