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[MrSardonic]

NASA claims its first bans?

 

[Xrenity]

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8na.htm

NASA's Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs that erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The rare occurrence of liquid water so near the surface raises many new questions about the mysterious moon.

"We realize that this is a radical conclusion - that we may have evidence for liquid water within a body so small and so cold," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. "However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms."

 

[Trurl]

Yeah, it actually was an honest question. Ah well, can't please everyone.

Thought so, it's a shame that emotion is so hard to express on the internet. At least we have emoticons but somehow I think a smily can make a post look passive agressive.

 

[MIMIC]

OMG! Evidence of water!

*yawn*

 

[human5892]

OMG! Evidence of water!

*yawn*

You won't be yawning when the water has INTELLIGENT SHARKS IN IT

 

[Lefty]

So when does the invasion start?

 

[Illuminati]

Watch the water contain some sort of bacteria or virus that will wipe out the human race when they retrieve a sample of the water and bring it back to Earth.

 

[argon]

OMG! Evidence of water!

*yawn*

Not just water-- liquid water, extremely close to the surface. Finding abundant and easily recovered sources of water is absolutely critical for space travel, and it now looks like both Jupiter (Europa) and Saturn (Enceladus) have their own natural refueling stations for long term space travel.

Also, liquid water is extremely conducive to life. In fact, almost everywhere we've found water we've also found some form of life. Europa and Enceladus are now the two most likely places to find extraterrestrial life in the solar system.

While it isn't the smoking gun some have hoped, its still exciting news, and your apathy is pretty disheartening... no wonder our NASA budget is so miniscule =(

 

[Diablos]

Meh.

Interesting enough I suppose.

I want to see the other planets in those neighboring solar systems up close and personal. I don't think we ever will in our lifetime, however.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Wow, you're a fucking dick.

GAF, can't we all get along? -_-

 

[thefit]

Its on the wires.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736311/

The readings from Enceladus' geyser plumes indicate that all the prerequisites for life as we know it could exist beneath Enceladus' surface, Porco said.

"Living organisms require liquid water and organic materials, and we know we have both on Enceladus now," she said. "The plumes through which Cassini flew last July contain methane, contain CO2, propane — they contain several organic materials."

The third necessary ingredient — energy for fueling life's processes — could exist around hydrothermal vents around the bottom of Enceladus' water reservoirs, just as it does around Earth's deep-ocean hydrothermal vents.

The white streaks in this image are backlit geysers of water ice, rising hundreds of miles into space from the dark disk of Enceladus.

What lies at the bottom of out hot vented dark oceans

 

[hadareud]

Thought so, it's a shame that emotion is so hard to express on the internet. At least we have emoticons but somehow I think a smily can make a post look passive agressive.

True, but emoticons are not always the best option either (at least I don't want to overuse them).

My question was a bit short, I should have explained myself better. But as long as you're ok with it, I guess that's the only thing that matters. If other people want to start swearing about it, that's their choice.

 

[Drozmight]

/me puts on his baret and starts to strum his 70's porn guitar.

 

[Forgotten_Taco]

I'm scared to death of space furry lobsters.


On a serious note, I'm kind of excited about this.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Up in the sky! Its a mobile suit! NO!

ITS A GUNDAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Seriously though...why aren't we building frickking laser beams and mobile suits yet?!

I have played the game with the cities and two cannons on the side. THOSE FUCKING ALIENS ARE BRUTAL.


We need to arm ourselves!!!!!!!!

 

[Sunski]

Seriously one day they will land on one of these wet planets/moons with a microbot and it will discover the furry lobster again.

 

[thefit]

That furry lobster was kinda creepy.

WTF theres another one?

A bizarre crustacean, tagged the 'musical furry lobster', has been found in Australian waters for the first time.

It's so unusual, with a furry shell and the ability to chirp, that scientists have placed it in its own genus.

But the lobster was almost lost to science.

Rumour has it the French researchers who discovered the world's first specimen in the 1980s didn't realise its significance. So, they ate it for dinner.

It made music so they ate it! :lol

 

[momolicious]

to people who are saying just water, "yawn" . WHAT?! you know that water means life there somewhere. man, i really want to see pics of the other life on other planets soon. exciting.

You know how amazing it would be too see giant alien underwater creatures swimming underneath all that water?! FREAKING AMAZING

 

[CabbageRed]

I thought that we already knew about this or were at least kinda almost pretty fairly absolutely certain about it. I even remember a debate about how to drill down to the liquid without introducing terrestrial matter.

 

[skybaby]

If anyone is interested, here is a link to the conference, live, starting in about 30 minutes I believe:
http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

 

[Trurl]

to people who are saying just water, "yawn" . WHAT?! you know that water means life there somewhere. man, i really want to see pics of the other life on other planets soon. exciting.

You know how amazing it would be too see giant alien underwater creatures swimming underneath all that water?! FREAKING AMAZING

While that would be amazingly cool you are getting way ahead of yourself. It would be awesome if they could just find the simplest form of life in ours solar system. Imagine if life exists two times or even three or more times in one solar system? The implications for the possibility of a good amount of advanced life being out there would seem much much greater. Life as intelligent as humans is probally very unlikely to happen so the more basic life is out there the greater chance there is of an alien civilization.

 

[Phoenix]

Aww. Water? Bah.. this is like one of those IGN epic announcements.

No where near. If you've found water, you have essentially found fuel. Now you can go down to the planet, have fuel to perform experiments, AND have the ability to launch yourself again. Liquid water is a mandatory ingredient not just for life, but for exploration by both robotic and human vehicles.

 

[Phoenix]

While that would be amazingly cool you are getting way ahead of yourself. It would be awesome if they could just find the simplest form of life in ours solar system. Imagine if life exists two times or even three or more times in one solar system? The implications for the possibility of a good amount of advanced life being out there would seem much much greater. Life as intelligent as humans is probally very unlikely to happen so the more basic life is out there the greater chance there is of an alien civilization.

I'm assuming you mean is unlikely to happen in our solar system, because within the billions of stars in the sky like as a probability is more likely than a person winning the lottery.

 

[Trurl]

I just mean that with all of the species that earth has known and with all of the years life has been evolving there has only been one species intelligent enough to create civilization. That probally means that the evolution of truly intelligent life is usually unlikely however if our solar system has multible points of life beginning then the chance of there being a great number of alien civilizations out there becomes much greater.

Basicly I'm just pulling this all out of my ass and my one point is: Basic forms of life in our star system= Star Trek is for reals.

 

[Phoenix]

I just mean that with all of the species that earth has known and with all of the years life has been evolving there has only been one species intelligent enough to create civilization.

What you have to look at, however, is your definition of civilization. What is a requirement to be considered a civilization?

 

[Trurl]

Indoor plumbing.

Actually that's a good point and an alien civilization might be unrecognizable to us but it's probally safe to say that no other species on Earth has created a "civilization" with any achievements beyond building a beaver dam.

 

[Phranky]

Drudge has the press release: It's about water a few meters below the surface on Enceladus

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8na.htm

Is that somewhere in South America?

 

[heavenly]

GAF...prepare to meet your Maker!

 

[koam]

Indoor plumbing.

Actually that's a good point and an alien civilization might be unrecognizable to us but it's probally safe to say that no other species on Earth has created a "civilization" with any achievements beyond building a beaver dam.

ant farms > you

 

[Trurl]

Well sure but I'm only one person.

Trurl farm> ant farm> Koam.