The Solar System May Be Teeming with Life

What we once thought were lifeless ice balls, our closest planetary neighbors may just house an abundance of alien life, in their oceans.

Within the past year there has been a lot of excitement bubbling up in scientific communities about what the possibilities of life are on certain moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. So much so, that NASA is ramping up its efforts to study these moons and unlock their mysteries.

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Lots of hidden liquid water out there where microorganisms could have evolved. If I had to bet money I would bet there is no other life in our solar system. But I wouldn't bet a lot of money.

BrewerBob said:

Lots of hidden liquid water out there where microorganisms could have evolved. If I had to bet money I would bet there is no other life in our solar system. But I wouldn't bet a lot of money.

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NASA would - but then again, its not their money that is at stake.

ModerateGOP said:

What we once thought were lifeless ice balls, our closest planetary neighbors may just house an abundance of alien life, in their oceans.

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Mermaids?

ttwtt78640 said:

NASA would - but then again, its not their money that is at stake.

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We could double NASA's budget and you'd never notice, it's a blip compared to the military, welfare, pork, "foreign aid" and general waste in our budget.

There can't be life on other planets, it's not mentioned in the bible.

spud_meister said:

There can't be life on other planets, it's not mentioned in the bible.

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I think the moons, Titan, and IO, and Europa constitute the heavens..

Just sayin.

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Goshin said:

We could double NASA's budget and you'd never notice, it's a blip compared to the military, welfare, pork, "foreign aid" and general waste in our budget.

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and we should, then send robotic spacecraft to the icy worlds and find out once and for all whether there is or is not life there.

Were humans not curious, we'd still be hunter/gatherers.

Goshin said:

We could double NASA's budget and you'd never notice, it's a blip compared to the military, welfare, pork, "foreign aid" and general waste in our budget.

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I never really understood why people are so against NASA and always bring up their budget. They are one of the most underfunded programs in our entire US government and yet the advancements made by NASA and with NASA's help is worth (iirc) 3 times what they get in their budget. IE: For ever dollar spent 3 is made. You can't say that about our Military or welfare programs or just about anything else the government does.

Don't get me wrong, its great that private companies are starting to try and go out into space. I support them 100%. But private companies will only attempt things that they know that they can make money on. They are not into exploring for exploring's sake. That is where NASA has an advantage. They will find out designs and things that no private company would for the simple fact that a private company will not look for it due to money concerns.

I am one of those that believes the creatures on this planet are a result of millions upon millions of meteor strikes when this planet was in it's infant stages. There are way too many little life forms we only see on Nat Geo and science shows. Look at the octopus for one great example or ants for that matter. Zebras look like horse and apes look like man.

There might be life in the solar system, but it's not intelligent life.