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Why are we wasting time looking for microorganisms on Mars when Europa might have fish?
by MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Why are we wasting time looking for microorganisms on Mars when Europa might have fish?
- BasDirks 15y agoBecause Mars is rather close to Earth. It's going to be very exciting to see what Europa offers us.
- Sukotto 15y agoALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
- BasDirks 15y agoI upvoted you, because I had to look up the origin of that quote, making me want to read the book. Thanks.
- Sukotto 15y agoSo, you were the one. Thanks :) The hive mind disagrees with my sense of humour today. Or maybe it was the ALLCAPS. I would have quoted Tom Swift but since we were talking about why we might not go to Europa (and I don't recall what book it was where he went to the moons of Jupiter)... shrug oh well.
- anigbrowl 15y agoWhy do people feel the need to quote this whenever Europa is mentioned? congratulations, you have good taste in science-fiction, and now it would be nice to move on to the science part and dispense with the fiction bit. Enough with the space hippy act already.
- stcredzero 15y agocongratulations, you have good taste in science-fiction More like, congratulations, you can be conditioned like Pavlov's dog.
- Apocryphon 15y agoSchismatrix reference here
- orky56 15y agoIt's closer and we have so much evidence already on other phases of water (vapor and ice). This excites people since it will be the closest source of water outside of Earth and could be the motivation to send Man over there. Europa is so much further and just to look for the fish would require equipment to penetrate the surface for the off chance there is water underneath.