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Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican

From Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written, alt.books.arthur-clarke, alt.fan.heinlein
Subject Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican
Date 2018-06-19 21:31 -0500
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On 6/19/2018 9:26 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 6/19/2018 6:48 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 6/19/2018 7:46 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <pgc6jb$b36$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 6/19/2018 6:10 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:15:53 -0700, a425couple
>>>>> <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/18/2018 10:03 AM, a425couple wrote:
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> https://futurism.com/cyanobacteria-oxygen-mars/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That 
>>>>>>> Possible.
>>>>>>> Now, we may have a new hope in the hunt for a steady supply of 
>>>>>>> oxygen on
>>>>>>> the Red Planet: cyanobacteria. This family of bacteria sucks up 
>>>>>>> carbon
>>>>>>> dioxide and discharges oxygen in some of Earth’s most inhospitable
>>>>>>> environments.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and another similar version
>>>>>>
>>>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weird-low-light-bacteria-could-potentially-thrive-on-mars/ 
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The trouble with this notion is that there isn't much CO2 on Mars
>>>>> either.  So the cyanobacteria could separate _all_ of it and there
>>>>> still wouldn't be a breathable atmosphere.
>>>>
>>>> Yup, Kim Stanley Robinson wants to crash a comet into Mars.  Then build
>>>> many nuclear reactors to melt the water.
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Red-Mars-Trilogy-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553560735/
>>>> Lynn
>>>
>>> An asteroid crashing into Mars is credited (?) with turning the
>>> planet's magnetic field off in the first place.  Whether doing it
>>> again would reboot the field is something I don't know.
>>
>> That is very tough to simulate.  Therefore, try it.  What could go 
>> wrong ?
>>
> "Cockroach astronomers would call the period 'The Recent Heavy 
> Bombardment'."

Uh, we are talking about Mars.  Not Earth.  Please not Earth.

Lynn

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OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That Possible. a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-18 10:03 -0700
  Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-18 10:15 -0700
    Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 19:10 -0400
      Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-19 16:17 -0700
      Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 19:19 -0500
        Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 00:46 +0000
          Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 20:48 -0500
            Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-19 19:26 -0700
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 21:31 -0500
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-19 20:37 -0700
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-20 13:34 +0300
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Chris Zakes <dontivar@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 19:58 -0500
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 20:00 -0500
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 21:26 -0700
          Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-19 20:00 -0700
            Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 23:31 -0400
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 21:22 -0700
      Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 00:03 +0000
        Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-20 11:50 -0700
          Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-20 20:33 +0000
            Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-20 13:48 -0700
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-20 23:00 +0000
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 12:14 -0700
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-21 20:05 +0000
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-22 08:51 -0600
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-22 08:50 -0600
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 12:14 -0700

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