NASA to reveal a discovery that will impact the search for extraterrestrial life

[Doggiedog]

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Hopefully, its not a repost.

 

[zinfamous]

interesting.

you have to approach astrobiology with a wary eye, though. There is some good work, but lots of it is fluff and nonsense.

 

[oogabooga]

I'm excited to see what it is. Hopefully something neat.

 

[techs]

Preview of the pic they are going to release:

 

[Anubis]

i hope its not just more water someplace

 

[bignateyk]

Man I can't wait for this **Yawn**

NASA always overhypes these boring discoveries to keep themselves relevant. They probably found evidence that water could possibly have existed millions of years ago on saturns 8th moon.

 

[Doggiedog]

Yeah, I'm sure it's something like "we found that we need water for carbon based life to form".

 

[invidia]

If it's not a living organism bigger than a cockroach, I won't consider it anything ground breaking.

 

[lozina]

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have some exciting news to share with you today - in fact it is part good news part bad news. The good news is, we have found a new life form living in space. The bad news is, well, let's just put it this way - we call it "Space Candiru"..."

 

[SKORPI0]

Yet another "discovery" to gain a billion $$ budget for whatever space exploration program they could come up with.

[url="http://www.universetoday.com/19285/could-there-be-life-on-uranus/]Could there be life in Uranus?[/url]

 

[Zedtom]

 

[lozina]

Could there be life in Uranus?

Impossible. Uranus is far to inhospitable with hot noxious gases spewing forth perpetually from it's large central rift

 

[The Boston Dangler]

 

[El Guaraguao]

If it's not a living organism bigger than a cockroach, I won't consider it anything ground breaking.

/makes wind noise

 

[StinkyPinky]

It's probably an earth like planet a mere 9 light years away, and with enough funding they can build a spaceship to reach it by the year 2999.

Call me cynical but they have a history of over hyping stuff.

 

[rudeguy]

I don't get it. What does extraterrestrial life have to do with Muslims?

 

[Beev]

If it was anything truly earth-shattering it would be immediately announced, no? They wouldn't wait for some silly conference.

 

[JTsyo]

Is someone rebroadcasting I Love Lucy with hidden messages in it?

 

[Perknose]

I don't get it. What does extraterrestrial life have to do with Muslims?

Because they are the only two groups who still believe there are 77 virgins out there . . . anywhere.

 

[Soccerman06]

Participating in the
press conference will be:
Mary Voytek,
director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington
Felisa
Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U.S. Geological
Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.
Pamela Conrad,
astrobiologist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Steven Benner,
distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution,
Gainesville, Fla.
James Elser,
professor, Arizona State University, Tempe

Hum me thinks they are gonna say something about finding bacteria on mars. Or maybe found some rediculous planet far away which is in the "goldielock zone" which they believe is similar to earth.

 

[zoiks]

OMG. They just announced that they discovered fleas on Uranus.

 

[dud]

I'm sure that what they announce will not nearly meet my expectations ...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

If it was anything truly earth-shattering it would be immediately announced, no? They wouldn't wait for some silly conference.

unless they were busy getting VIPs into the shelters

 

[Nintendesert]

All they did was detect methane on an extrasolar planet. It's nothing too exciting.

 

[SKORPI0]

Wow, 3 female astrobiologist making the announcement. Maybe they found extra-terrestial lesbians out there. :awe: