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Extraterrestrial Rafting: Hunting Off-World Sea Life

newscientist.com — Do the moons of Jupiter and Saturn harbour life in their chilly oceans? A flotilla of space probes is being lined up to haul anchor and find out.

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  • happyzombie, on 11/09/2009, -0/+21We're whalers on the moon.
    We carry a harpoon.
    But there ain't no whales so we tell tall-tales, and sing our whaling tune.
  • carbonetc, on 11/09/2009, -1/+15Curiosity in creationists is even rarer than life in the universe, it seems.

    I can't wait to see which direction you decide to backpedal if we do happen to find something. The probe contaminated the moon with Earth life? The evidence for life was faked by desperate evilutionists? Or maybe you'll just move the goalposts: "Sure, very simple life could exist all over the universe, but only COMPLEX life exists on Earth."
  • archiesteel, on 11/09/2009, -0/+12What do you base this assumption on?
  • artfiend77, on 11/09/2009, -0/+11I didn't know Capt. Kirk was on Digg.
  • Greengoo, on 11/09/2009, -1/+10ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
  • doctechnical, on 11/09/2009, -0/+9Great, now the aliens are trolling.
  • Jektal, on 11/09/2009, -2/+9I have $5 on "Satan put that life there to test our faith"
  • Crimeodial, on 11/09/2009, -0/+6I don't know how you manage to be the dumbest person ever so consistently, but good job.
  • AndrewMoyer, on 11/09/2009, -0/+6The next Taco Bell commercial...?
  • newes, on 11/09/2009, -0/+6If the life on those moons is as delicious as blue fin tuna I'm all for funding expeditions there.
  • Hetman, on 11/09/2009, -0/+5We should look. It could possible harbor life. The only problem would be the chance of some how contaminating life. It is worth looking into if we can do it properly.
  • frequentFlyer, on 11/09/2009, -0/+5<whisper>with pepper jack sauce</whisper>
  • erichw1504, on 11/09/2009, -0/+5I must be hungry because it thought it read: A tortilla of space probes...
  • doctechnical, on 11/09/2009, -0/+5Hunting off-world? Someone tell Ted Nugent!
  • exscind, on 11/09/2009, -0/+5Black space.
    Black abyss.
    Black taco?
  • Hetman, on 11/09/2009, -0/+3Titan is full of methane. It technically could be harvested it would just be logistically impossible and the cost would not really be worth it.
  • jmcenanly, on 11/10/2009, -0/+2When we develop the wherewithal to make routine trips to Titan, we will not be relying on petrochemicals for energy.
  • exscind, on 11/09/2009, -1/+3Nothing in the Bible denies the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Any argument to the contrary would probably say that the Bible is thematically centered on humankind - which is true - but that doesn't eliminate the possibility that God has other things going on. In fact, many Christian fictional works such as the Narnia series and Doug TenNapel's graphic novels (Black Cherry, Creature Tech, Earthboy Jacobus) latch onto the idea that there may be alien or parallel cultures in which God similarly manifests Himself.

    I'm a Christian but don't think of God one-dimensionally, and would be ecstatic to hear about cool alien discoveries.
  • pinchduck, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2They're using an Apple ][ Plus without the upper-case mod, primarily because it has proven to be impervious to Mac viruses.
  • jmcenanly, on 11/10/2009, -0/+1The other problem I see is that with its lights and noise, our submarine probe may turn out to be the Solar System's biggest fishing lure. First contact may result in a loss of our probe and severe indigestion for the extraterrestrial contacted.
  • erichw1504, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Perhaps.
  • exscind, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Dugg mostly for "flotilla".
  • pinchduck, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1In space, no one can hear you crunch.
  • byakkun, on 11/09/2009, -1/+1Why do aliens overuse capital letters?
  • poppingweasels, on 11/09/2009, -1/+1Where there are creatures, there are dead creatures... and dead creatures = oil! At last a solution to our earth-based fossil fuel shortage!

    /s
  • byakkun, on 11/09/2009, -2/+1Oh! I get it. It is a teen-alien, like this fellow http://digg.com/d312rtc.
  • CrazedLeper, on 11/09/2009, -20/+1Ridiculous fantasy. There's nothing out there. Cut it out.

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