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| From | Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> |
|---|---|
| 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 20:37 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pgci4s$qsn$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <pgc6jb$b36$1@dont-email.me> <pALJHw.K8t@kithrup.com> <pgcbq9$1j8$1@dont-email.me> <pgce0n$ae6$2@dont-email.me> <pgcea7$bhm$1@dont-email.me> |
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On 6/19/2018 7:31 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: > On 6/19/2018 9:26 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> On 6/19/2018 6:48 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >>> On 6/19/2018 7:46 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >>>> In article <pgc6jb$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. > Where do you think those pieces of planet the cockroach astronomers are talking about came from to rain down on Earth? -- Inquiring minds want to know while minds with a self-preservation instinct are running screaming.
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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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