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Well that is an interesting result. Also bodes well for the pan spermia crowd, they are the ones that think an asteroid impact can bring life to a planet and ki
by ChuckMcM 7y ago
Well that is an interesting result. Also bodes well for the pan spermia crowd, they are the ones that think an asteroid impact can bring life to a planet and kick off the whole life cycle. Certainly the center of an icy mass probably stays well within the survival parameters of these forms of mold.
Also interesting to see if we can deduce the DNA changes that lead to this resistance. It would be an advantage for astronauts to be highly resistant to x-rays and other DNA damaging events.
Of course I always think of "The Andromeda Strain" when I read things like this. At least this mold doesn't seem to "eat" radiation for energy.
Random observation: I guess the Canadians spell mold as 'mould' ?
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- chenster 7y agoMaybe (and likely) there already exist intelligent alien life forms capable of living in the radiation and vacuum of outer space and migrates from planet to planet, even feed on radiation like Gozila does.
- mongol 7y agoIs the Andromeda Strain good? I have heard about it.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoThe film is a very good sleeping aid, its the only one I tried to watch and failed three times, succumbing to sleep.
- cloudwalking 7y agoIt is a pretty entertaining book.
- ethbro 7y agoI was a huge Crichton fan when younger, and Andromeda Strain and most of his earlier stuff is head and shoulders above later work. The movie isn't bad either. I'd definitely skip reading anything newer than Lost World. Like Tom Clancy, at some point (and $) you lose the fire to write.
- Causality1 7y agoI reread Jurassic Park on a yearly basis. I like to think that if Crichton lived longer he'd have grown out of being a climate denier.
- sandworm101 7y agoLooking the age of people at the conventions, I think climate denial is the sort of things you grow in to, not out of.
- eesmith 7y agoDanielle Steel has a net worth of over $300 million, and still has "the fire to write", so that point may be very high for some people.
- sandworm101 7y ago