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- Lostcosmos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Why did the fungi and the algae get together?
They took a lichen to each other! - wyattxp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2For those of you that do not want to look up what a Lichen actually is - like i had too - here is the def:
Lichens are symbiotic organisms made up by the association of microscopic green algae or cyanobacteria and filamentous fungi. Lichens take the external shape of the fungal partner and hence are named based on the fungus. The fungus most commonly forms the majority of the lichen's bulk, though in filamentous and gelatinous lichens this may not always be the case. - isny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I for one welcome our lichen overlords.
Whoops...wrong site. - Singee15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought a lichen was a kitchen and a living room combined...at least that is what we call ours.
- Zanturaeon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Freaking TIGHT. *pastes to all his convos*
- EagleX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Someone people's brains are floating around up in space.
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lostcosmos... ouch.
- Moose_Head, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Why did the fungi and the algae get together?
They took a lichen to each other!"
Nice one! - EagleX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Some people's brains are floating around up in space. Stupid no comment edit.
- zone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0how to live in space: spend days in front of a computer. turn yourself into a vegetable. get a oneway ticket to space.
- Web_Weasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now, everybody go watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- XxAMISHxX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0says the first astronaut to the second. Hey wtf is that on your toes dude. says the second astronaut to the first. I don't know says the first to the second throw it outside its freaking me out.
sounds like a sweet scientific discovery or maby a sci fi special - metjer10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wuts a Lichen? - dudeman2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0umm, why cant they put the lichens in a vacume at EARTH. Or did they deem it neccisary to put it into orbit because it would be cool
- mightymouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Why did the fungi and the algae get together?
They took a lichen to each other!"
ahaahahahahahahahha ahahahahaahaaahaa classic - Delphion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bacteria can survive in space!!!!
DIGG IT! - Hazza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I fail to see the point of this
- wyattxp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0which in turn makes the first comment very funny. . .
- geoboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, what an incredible waste of money. Why not just expose lichens to those same extreme conditions, but IN A LAB. It's nowhere near as hard or expensive to just create a vacuum, expose some UV radiation, and change the temperature, all within a lab environment.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0those are some bitchin lichen
- acardboardbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I might be excited about this, but I fail to see the applications.
Of course, awesome lichen joke. - ReiToei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"umm, why cant they put the lichens in a vacume at EARTH. Or did they deem it neccisary to put it into orbit because it would be cool"
Radiation & extreme temperatures, I would imagine. Exposing organic things to space to see if they survive is kinda cool if it can give us a greater understanding of the theory that life (DNA) can 'hop' from one part of space to another. - Xinex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"umm, why cant they put the lichens in a vacume at EARTH"
Sure it's cool, but there's a lot of stuff in space like GAMMA RAYS and OTHER SPACE STUFF that would probably affect it. You just can't account for all the variables that are in space. - Crim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The point is that a lifeform can survive in the harsh environment of space. If one type of life can survive 15 days then it follows that another type of life may be able to survive longer. Interplanetary cross pollination might be possible, as may a form of interstellar life.
- LoneStar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the new space suit, it's less than a micrometer thick, Lichens!!! cover yur bodies with em, take your laptop, a wireless router, and maybe you too will survive in space
- capn_caveman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Old news... it has been proven that bacteria and other biological contaminants can survive in a vacuum. In fact they have before on some space missions already....
- Play, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Science humor FTW.
- BeefandBeer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This reminds of Jenova from Final Fantasy 7.
- troydoogle7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Listen its the European Space agency.... All us europeans have got to find some cool attention grabbing headlines until we get our new space shuttle then we can see how long things such as horses, cows and frogs last in space. Important for future French Colony on the moon!
- amitrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"the new space suit, it's less than a micrometer thick, Lichens!!! cover yur bodies with em, take your laptop, a wireless router, and maybe you too will survive in space"
lol...lol!!!! good one!! - Tim@Digg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This gives a whole new meaning to the term "LITTLE GREEN MEN"
- Osiriscky3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Do lichens come with rootkits ?
++DIGG FTW - troydoogle7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I might be excited about this, but I fail to see the applications."
Your Great great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-grandpa may have been a lichen.... it would be nice to know what possible lifeforms can survive in space and hence bring life to the planets! - amitrix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0oh great...lichens can survive in space...next we'll take some vegetables..
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