Monday, June 07, 2010

Life on Titan?

I wonder if we'll be able to send spacecraft there to bring back samples within my lifetime? I don't know how long a journey that would take, once a rocket was built.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100606103125.htm

ScienceDaily (June 7, 2010) — Two new papers based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. While non-biological chemistry offers one possible explanation, some scientists believe these chemical signatures bolster the argument for a primitive, exotic form of life or precursor to life on Titan's surface. According to one theory put forth by astrobiologists, the signatures fulfill two important conditions necessary for a hypothesized "methane-based life."

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