Re: Life in the atmospheres of L-class stars.
From: Bob (bbx107_at_excite.com)
Date: 03/28/05
- Next message: Edward Green: "Waching paint dry"
- Previous message: Farooq W: "Re: Spectrophotometer Help"
- In reply to: N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\): "Re: Life in the atmospheres of L-class stars."
- Next in thread: Alfred A. Aburto Jr.: "Re: Life in the atmospheres of L-class stars."
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:24:20 -0800
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:51:02 -0700, "N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)" <N:
dlzc1 D:cox T:net@nospam.com> wrote:
>Dear Bob:
>>>
>>>Can anything even remotely with the complexity of
>>>life be automatically excluded in all circumstances
>>>in these temperature ranges?
>>
>> Life as we know it depends on the presence of liquid water, and
>> on
>> kinetic stability of C-H bonds.
>>
>> Anything beyond that is sheer speculation.
>
>Are you up to speculatin' about the "methane chemisty" on Titan?
not really. It's going to be fun to watch, but the info will come in
slowly -- much more slowly than the speculation. If there is anything
at all "active", it may stretch our concept of "life". So I'm lazy;
I'll wait for data.
bob
>It would seem that we have a "photochemically activated"
>methane-based compound, that gets turned back into methane.
>Would this be sufficient "food source" to support some
>rudimentary (and widespread on Titan) form of life? The
>(non-frozen) water would be present at near ppm levels...
>
>David A. Smith
>
- Next message: Edward Green: "Waching paint dry"
- Previous message: Farooq W: "Re: Spectrophotometer Help"
- In reply to: N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\): "Re: Life in the atmospheres of L-class stars."
- Next in thread: Alfred A. Aburto Jr.: "Re: Life in the atmospheres of L-class stars."
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
|
