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touche! But more seriously, an interesting project would be to simulate the conditions of our solar system's "candidate" for life ecosystems in laboratory cond
by southernplaces7 3y ago
touche!
But more seriously, an interesting project would be to simulate the conditions of our solar system's "candidate" for life ecosystems in laboratory conditions as precisely as we can based on known information, and then subject some of the toughest microorganisms we have living on earth to them, to see if at least they could survive or even thrive.
For example: recreate conditions of pressure, cold, radiation and chemical composition like those we think are the case in Titan's subterranean ocean, and then see how well a colony of water bears (tardigrades) endures.
Seems a lot more practical then speculating. I'm curious if this has been done in a systematic way by any organization on Earth.