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Melting Europa

Posted by michael on from the you'll-come-a-melting-europa-with-me dept.

amigoro writes "After having contaminated Earth's Oceans, it seems that there are plans to send a probe drilling through Europa's ice sheet and explore the purported ocean below the crust. The plan seems to be to find Life there. But I wonder how long the time lag will be between the probe finding life, and a leak in the radioactive heater wiping all of it out."

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  1. Hmmmm. by Sevn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hippy.

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  2. Cripes by brotherscrim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do your arms get tired from hugging those trees that tightly?

    1. Re:Cripes by jnicholson · · Score: 5, Funny

      The big black monolith might get us if we do that!

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    2. Re:Cripes by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny
      "Do your arms get tired from hugging those trees that tightly?"

      Tired arms I can deal with, its the crotch splinters which are the real problem.

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  3. Forget them by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't care if we mess up their planet, I hate those arrogant Europeans.

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  4. and i thought the terrorists hated us.. by aberant · · Score: 5, Funny

    but it would be nothing compared to the hatred these radioactive, mutated, super alge would have.

  5. EXCEPT Europa by thinkninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    RTFM!

    Now, a planet named after a miserable women who marries her father's dog is fair game...

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  6. Reading comprehension problem by Keith+Russell · · Score: 5, Funny

    What part of "All these worlds are yours, execpt Europa. Attempt no landings there." don't they understand?

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  7. Re:Question... by nberardi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think we should start spending more money on the search for intelligent life on earth, because this article poster contributes to the notion that their is none.

  8. How Ironic by jetkust · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I wonder how long the time lag will be between the probe finding life, and a leak in the radioactive heater wiping all of it out

    The same time it would take for a drill in your head to find a brain.

  9. Re:It's Open Mic Night at the Astrophysics Lounge! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>I'd like to see the leaky probe that could rival Jupiter itself in bombarding Europa with radiation.

    Yeah, but that's *natural* radiation, not the unhealthy manmade stuff.

    Wait, I see a tree that needs a hug. See ya!

  10. NO! Don't do it! by Lothsahn · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could poison Europa's environment and possibly destroy any life down there!

    ...With DihydrogenMonoxide!

    Think of all the DihydrogenMonoxide that would be released as a result of all this melting! It could be catastrophic!

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  11. Re:It's Open Mic Night at the Astrophysics Lounge! by shigelojoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look at Earth. We detonated atomic bombs both above and below the ocean surface, spraying tons of transuranics into our seas and atmosphere. It may have sucked to have been a coral at Bikini Atoll in the 50s, but the ecosystem didn't even blink, and in fact, the Atoll is one of the planet's greatest recreational diving sites.

    Especially convenient is the fact that after a few hours of diving there you grow your own flippers.

    I keed, I keed.