Comments on: Antarctica’s “Blood Falls” Shows How Aliens Might Live on Ice Worlds

By: myra

myra — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:35:57 +0000

First allow me to state that I am sorry if by posting here I stressed out a few people. But also let me strighting out any misunderstandings. One it is not a silly sells pitch, There are points in my book about D.N.A. environment. and it in no way feeds into living forever. But I also remember that a few years ago they found a plant on another planet. And called it life on Mars. I did cover this real ordeal in my book. Being that I am a Sci Fi author, But I do like to read about and learn new and interesting things myself. So I am also here to learn and to meet others that feel the same. “Not on any drugs don’t wish to be.” I can take a blow to the ego and still keep smiling. Can something frozen for hundreds of years or even less live, grems grow when heated up, but die when over heated. If frozen are things just held in a state of being until reheated? With the warming up of Earth couldn’t there also be other planet warming and also new life formed.

By: Grant H

Grant H — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:36:02 +0000

@ Greg – “Anyway, I’m ranting, you all have a good one”

No you’re not. You’re making a good point. I’ve thought about the same thing.

But maybe the environments on other planets have changed over time. For example, the environment on Mars in the past may have been more accommodating to the emergence of life that it is now.

@ magilla -> Sorry.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:09:27 +0000

This was an interesting article but I’m always a little skeptical when they find a new biological mechanism and then say that it helps the chances for life on other planets. I get the idea, but don’t organisms on earth have a huge advantage over organisms that would start on an icy moon in terms of colonizing these barely hospitable environments. Organism on earth started in I’m assuming a shallow temperate pool with plenty of sunlight and nutrients to get started, and then through sheer numbers the odds that an adaptation came along to make them more suitable for these extreme environments. Maybe given enough time little proteins form, and from that little strands of DNA but it seems less possible. In conclusion I’m just saying I feel like an environment like this “blood falls” is far more likely to have life on earth then if the same conditions were somewhere else. Anyway, I’m ranting, you all have a good one.

Greg

By: magilla

magilla — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:30:55 +0000

Grant,
I read these blogs to learn and be entertained, please sell your padantic commentaries somewhere else.

The rust coulda started from geothermal activity, belching out iron often enough to help out those cuddly clot red bacteria.

By: Dave Muth

Dave Muth — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:44:17 +0000

Why is it that a lake [mostly] trapped under 1300 feet of ice “occasionally gushes forth a transparent, briny, iron-rich liquid”?

By: Homer_J

Homer_J — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:31:12 +0000

Who needs the Sci-Fi channel when actual science is this interesting. This is the kind of stuff they need to regularly add to high school science classes..

By: Grant H

Grant H — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:25:33 +0000

“johnson Says:
April 17th, 2009 at 1:15 am
I read these blogs to learn and be entertained, please sell your books somewhere else.”

Damn good point actually.

I figured he/she was using the plot line of her book to make a point about animal testing (that other post I mentioned earlier), so I took it as a genuine point of view.
But looking at it now, I think it may well have been just a cheep tactic for promoting her work. Shameful!

To myra, if your still around to read this, we are here for the work of the blog article author and to discuss the content therein, not for your unsolicited promotional presentations.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:06:23 +0000

There are way too many people who believe the kind of stuff in EVERLASTING. If you’re going to post stuff like that at least you could emphasize that it’s fictional. Sheesh! All that does is confuse people and give them crazy ideas.

I have a friend who thinks we were genetically modified by an advanced race of alien beings and that animals like platypi and dinosaurs were only “created” for their amusement. And I could almost guarantee he misunderstood some fictional tripe to reach that conclusion.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:39:17 +0000

dramatic temperature changes on Mars could be a large factor as Earth’s Antactic region rarely changes at all besides the seasonal changes. :\ It’s a long shot for sure.

By: FILTHpig

FILTHpig — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:24:09 +0000

Myra, stop spamming your lame Sci Fi. My guess is, if it was any good you wouldn’t be trying to get free promotion in a blog.

By: johnson

johnson — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:15:29 +0000

I read these blogs to learn and be entertained, please sell your books somewhere else. Story sounds cool though, are the evers supposed to be catholics?

By: D J

D J — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:15:44 +0000

Very strong precursor for the idea that there may yet be something happening on Mars……

Stay tuned for more Martian Chronicles.

By: Grant H

Grant H — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:27:05 +0000

Hi John, I think Myra’s comment ended up under the wrong post. I think it was meant to go under “After a Firebombing, “Pro-Test” Rallies in Support of Animal Research” as a reply to my comment. So meds aren’t necessarily in order. ;)
If I’m right Myra, would you mind popping your comment under the right post and I’ll reply to it there. Cheers.

By: Grant H

Grant H — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:20:06 +0000

“It appears that energy is obtained when sulfur is cycled through different oxidation states by reacting it with iron…. The oxidized sulfur is then used to react with carbon compounds, powering the metabolism”

Wow, that’s so cool. Sometimes nature just really amazes me.

By: John Cassady

John Cassady — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:14:50 +0000

Myra… Are you on medication? If you are, it’s not working. If you aren’t, please start.