Comments on: Water-dependent alien life on the rocks? http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/07/water-dependent-alien-life-on-the-rocks.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Mon, 21 May 2012 22:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/07/water-dependent-alien-life-on-the-rocks.html#comment-519 Wayne Smallman Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:01:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/07/13/water-dependent-alien-life-on-the-rocks/#comment-519 From what I understand, there's an element of 'back to the drawing board' for NASA.<br/><br/>But the upshot is that we will be less likely to pass over a thin smudge of green slime and think it's just slime and not life, but not as we know it.<br/><br/>Damn! That should have been the title.<br/><br/>Too late now... From what I understand, there’s an element of ‘back to the drawing board’ for NASA.

But the upshot is that we will be less likely to pass over a thin smudge of green slime and think it’s just slime and not life, but not as we know it.

Damn! That should have been the title.

Too late now…

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/07/water-dependent-alien-life-on-the-rocks.html#comment-518 David Bradley Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:49:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/07/13/water-dependent-alien-life-on-the-rocks/#comment-518 Our anthropocentric view has narrowed our search for extraterrestrial life, we always assume it is going to be carbon based and rely on water as its biochemical solvent. But, <a HREF="http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11919.html" REL="nofollow">US scientists</a> recently published a report that suggests we should widen the search for exobiological systems, because water and carbon may not be the only way to go when it comes to eking out a living elsewhere in the universe.<br/><br/>I've got a piece scheduled on this for <a HREF="http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/spotlight" REL="nofollow">Intute Spotlight</a> soon.<br/>db Our anthropocentric view has narrowed our search for extraterrestrial life, we always assume it is going to be carbon based and rely on water as its biochemical solvent. But, US scientists recently published a report that suggests we should widen the search for exobiological systems, because water and carbon may not be the only way to go when it comes to eking out a living elsewhere in the universe.

I’ve got a piece scheduled on this for Intute Spotlight soon.
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