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Old 12-09-2010, 08:17 AM   #31
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So it seems. And so it seems the reviewers did not catch it!
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Old 12-09-2010, 11:36 AM   #32
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The problem is that with such an important possibility, the care taken with the research must be vast. But according to so many experts in the field, their methodology was only half-vast.
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Old 12-09-2010, 11:45 AM   #33
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Its importance, as far as life elsewhere in the universe is concerned, is that it opens up the very real possibility of life based on arsenic rather than phosphorus in places such as Saturn's moon Titan.
A fantastic find on NASA's part, if it holds up. From what I've heard, the reason arsenic is so toxic to other life forms is that it's chemical composition so closely resembles phosphorus that cells have a hard time differentiating between the two. Discovering a life form that thrives on arsenic extends the types of environments where life could exist.
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Old 12-09-2010, 11:46 AM   #34
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That is the reason that arsenic is poisonous to most living creatures - it is very easily substituted for phosophorus in cells, but simply doesn't "work" in that role.
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Old 12-09-2010, 11:52 AM   #35
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It's okay Tom this is a roller-coaster type thread. Particularly with the possibility that the results of the paper are incorrect.

But what IS EXCITING is that SpaceX launched and orbited a craft yesterday!
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...SSfeed_IWK_All

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/12...orbital-doors/

The relevance to this thread is that it was launched from the Nasa facility in FL.
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It's okay Tom this is a roller-coaster type thread. Particularly with the possibility that the results of the paper are incorrect.

But what IS EXCITING is that SpaceX launched and orbited a craft yesterday!
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...SSfeed_IWK_All

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/12...orbital-doors/

The relevance to this thread is that it was launched from the Nasa facility in FL.
Go SpaceX! Maybe our grandkids will be booking flights on SpaceX shuttles to Hilton space stations!
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