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The first Earthling to journey to Mars - Conan the Bacterium

guardian.co.uk — Specimens of brewer's yeast and microbes to be transported to Mars' moon Phobos on Russian spacecraft

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  • palagrim, on 07/14/2009, -1/+31At least the Russians are doing something towards pushing new space exploration then...

    Is it too much to ask that before I die I just want to go up, take a photo of the Earth, float around a bit and come back down?! That's all... I know I'm not gonna get my own X-Wing... I know that I'm never gonna see C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate... And I'm probably never gonna get my flying car... But dammit - I only want to go about 60 miles... Ok, straight up - but it's still only 60 damn miles! :(
  • D0P3M4N, on 07/14/2009, -1/+21If I was going to Mars, I'd want some beer, too.
  • doodiepants, on 07/14/2009, -0/+19Soon we'll have our own Mars microbrewery. I can't wait!
  • dumass4u, on 07/15/2009, -0/+10uhh . . . what?
  • yayster, on 07/15/2009, -0/+9Dug for the bladerunner reference.
  • GREEDOnvrFIRED, on 07/15/2009, -0/+8Hey, you got something against attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion?
  • pintocat, on 07/15/2009, -0/+8The bacterium also goes by Coco, Conando, Conesy...
  • copypastry, on 07/15/2009, -0/+8Dugg so goddamn hard for Roy Batty
  • copypastry, on 07/15/2009, -0/+7As if martians weren't douchebags already... what if they're belligerent drunks?
  • copypastry, on 07/15/2009, -0/+6Haven't you ever read the bible dumass4u? Jesus rode a T-Rex on Mars.

    That was between his death and resurrection.
  • ApokalypseNow, on 07/15/2009, -0/+5Gotta refill the bottles you drank up on the way there somehow.
  • inactive, on 07/15/2009, -0/+5Dugg for image in my head of "Conan the Bacterium"
  • inactive, on 07/15/2009, -1/+5Given that at least one person Dugg you Up, I'd say that no, you're NOT the only person that doesn't realize that Phobos doesn't HAVE an "ecosystem". Don't let that worry you though. Science isn't most Digger's strong suit. I got over 100 Buries once for stating the simple fact that the Moon has Gravity.
  • xavyre, on 07/15/2009, -0/+4Three cheers for interplanetary invasive species! We'll get those Martians from War of the Worlds before they get us.
  • inactive, on 07/15/2009, -0/+4Presbyterian's post will be buried, and then lost, forever. Like tears in rain.
  • smitas, on 07/14/2009, -3/+7Wow!
  • inactive, on 07/15/2009, -0/+3it can happen within 100 years if we tried... they say we can make the atmosphere good enough to be in without suits within 50 years, but to make it breathable it will take around 100.
  • namja23, on 07/15/2009, -0/+3Cool, so these things will get to Phobos, mutate into a dangerous zombie type virus, and wipe out mankind on the return trip.
  • MrZaiko, on 07/15/2009, -0/+2Ohhh yeaaa... I forgot all about that.
  • viserov, on 07/15/2009, -0/+2Cone-Dog
  • mykotron, on 07/15/2009, -0/+2life imitates art
  • mttyd, on 07/15/2009, -0/+2"returning to earth in 2012" nuff said... Merry Christmas Earth...
  • XTomTomX, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1The Monolith says we can have all but Titan.
  • SeaICIubber, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1@ Presbyterian
    Watch
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_saUN4j7Gw
    specifically 2:30 into the clip
  • inactive, on 07/15/2009, -1/+2i saw we flood mars with life. i want that place terraformed.
  • appleseed1234, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1Form Baby Form!
  • copypastry, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1It's in the book of Xzzzyvion
  • inactive, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1mars is LOADED with ice...near the surface too...
  • subliminalurge, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1I'm torn. As much as I would love to see Mars terraformed, I think we should conclusively determine if there is native life there first.

    Then again, it would also be interesting to have people right there in person who could dig for fossils.
  • zeabu, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1Drool.
  • appleseed1234, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1Of course then there's the problem of adequate water supply.
  • askantik, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1There's no ecosystem... that we know of. Hell, it wasn't that long ago that we thought nothing lived on the ocean floor (of our own planet). Not saying there's even a probability of any type of life on Mars, but it never hurts to be careful...
  • dumass4u, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1This Jesus character sounds pretty interesting, I may have to pick up this book for some light reading some time.
  • rocknog, on 07/15/2009, -1/+2How is babby formed?
  • GREEDOnvrFIRED, on 07/15/2009, -2/+2How do they resist the temptation to just 'drop those kids off?' I mean, bring to containers. One for the round trip and one to dump out on Phobos. I know, its totally reckless, ill advised and the obvious set up for a space horror film, but c'mon lets get this "extraterrestrial life" thing rolling.
  • danj484, on 07/15/2009, -0/+0When do you see this?
  • Astark, on 07/15/2009, -0/+0Bacteria, get your ass to mars! Now all we need are some three-boobed chicks.
  • appleseed1234, on 07/15/2009, -1/+1Ecosystem? Do you even know what you're talking about?
  • SpareAccount, on 07/15/2009, -0/+0Don't you remember the face-hugging horror that happened the last time we tried to terraform another planet? Hudson must spinning in his grave

    Edit: boo, Digg's reply threading is kind of flaky and my vacuous reply is *even more* redundant.
  • danj484, on 07/15/2009, -1/+0You're right about the lack of ecosystem. You can't disrupt something that doesn't exist. But to reiterate, you didn't get dugg down for saying that the moon has gravity, you got dugg down because you tried to explain it in such a way that showed you have no understanding of classical physics. In that case, it was because Digg DOES understand at least well-established science that you were dugg down.
  • OLTP, on 07/15/2009, -3/+1So you are 100% sure that there is no pre-existing life forms of any kind on Mars or Phobos? And you got this info from what source?
  • OLTP, on 07/15/2009, -5/+2Am I the only one that thinks sending foreign organisms to an unexplored ecosystem could be a really, really bad idea?

    Why not just do the experiment sending the yeast out into open space and back?
  • Presbyterian, on 07/15/2009, -7/+0huh?.
  • brisketplease, on 07/15/2009, -15/+1the first earthling to go to mars was jesus because is a god and practically made mars.

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