Researchers to bore through 3km of Antarctic ice, seek organisms isolated for 100K years | |
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Nika User ID: 28726122 United States 12/03/2012 11:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! :infnty: :ihavgsbmp: |
tarfonwxx User ID: 959411 United States 12/04/2012 12:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | this could be important to the possibility of life on europa and other ice-covered planets and moons Europa - Extraterrestrial Life - Old proposals More ambitious ideas have been put forward including an impactor in combination with a thermal drill to search for biosignatures that might be frozen in the shallow subsurface. Another proposal put forward in 2001 calls for a large nuclear-powered "melt probe" (cryobot) which would melt through the ice until it reached an ocean below. Once it reached the water, it would deploy an autonomous underwater vehicle (hydrobot) which would gather information and send it back to Earth. Both the cryobot and the hydrobot would have to undergo some form of extreme sterilization to prevent detection of Earth organisms instead of native life and to prevent contamination of the subsurface ocean. This proposed mission has not yet reached a serious planning stage. [link to en.wikipedia.org] Last Edited by tarfonwxx on 12/04/2012 12:04 AM |
Nika User ID: 28726122 United States 12/04/2012 12:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's not the real reason they're drilling through it... Quoting: Mister Obvious The 'drill' is a key, and they're unlocking an ancient machine that will begin the reckoning... I'm guessing you don't mean a literal machine? Can you go into more details? Sounds interesting and reminds me of Admiral Byrd's experience in the Antarctic. :infnty: :ihavgsbmp: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28824708 Australia 12/04/2012 12:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! Thaaaattts the one!!! |
Nika User ID: 28726122 United States 12/04/2012 12:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didnt i read a post recently that said there we're heaps of old school viruses in the arctic? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28824708 Are you talking about this thread? Thread: Frigid Antarctica is loaded with viruses! Researchers found nearly 10,000 species by analyzing water samples! Thaaaattts the one!!! I'll link this thread to it. :infnty: :ihavgsbmp: |
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