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Some forms of life can tolerate remarkable levels of ionizing radiation, though I doubt anything terrestrial would survive a pass through Jupiter's radiation be
by retrac 2y ago
Some forms of life can tolerate remarkable levels of ionizing radiation, though I doubt anything terrestrial would survive a pass through Jupiter's radiation belts unshielded.
It has been suggested that some fungi can extract useful energy from radiation: https://www.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/eating-gamma-radiation-for-breakfast https://www.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/eating-gamma-radia...
- RajT88 2y agoWe just have to figure out how to make Tardigrades gigantic and then farm them for meat. (I feel like this must have been a Futurama plot, and mist have ended poorly)
- 77pt77 2y agoRiding giant domesticated tardigrades on the moon is the future I want.
- bregma 2y ago"Gi'yup little Tardy! We gotta git these dogies to Copernicus before sundown, and that's only two weeks away!"
- itishappy 2y agoThe Problem with Popplers Season 2, Episode 18 https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Popplers https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Popplers
- adrian_b 2y agoTardigrades can survive extreme conditions like vacuum or radiations only when they are in their "hibernating" state, which is quasi-non-living. The same is true for a few other kinds of animals, which can enter a special inactive state that can survive desiccation or freezing. When living normally, no animals can resist such conditions, even if some are much more resistant to radiations than humans. The most radiation-resistant living beings are some kinds of bacteria, e.g. Deinococcus mentioned by another poster, which have some special mechanisms for continuously repairing the DNA molecules that are damaged by radiation, which allow them to live normally while exposed to radiation.