Ok first of all we know the requirements for life. An energy source and a way to reproduce. Of couse something could survive without oxygen, we have found more complex organisms than bacteria on earth living without oxygen, light, in an area exceeding 150 degrees, underwater. But then again, if bacteria was origninally living on the surface of a planet, then hit with some asteroid blasting it into space, there wouldn't be much time for the bacteria to modify itself. But i think if we've found life on the worst part of earth, i think there could be some in a good part of vacuumous space. Now regarding 'holding someone underwater' relating to this subject. What if these bactera's lifespan is like 9 minutes, and it shows it can survive and also reproduce in that time? It like saying 'people can't survive on earth' is the same thing as 'we can live underwater'. We spend a lifetime on earth, but can only temporarily be underwater. -inferno the inferno
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Ok first of all we know the requirements for life. An energy source and a way to reproduce. Of couse something could survive without oxygen, we have found more complex organisms than bacteria on earth living without oxygen, light, in an area exceeding 150 degrees, underwater. But then again, if bacteria was origninally living on the surface of a planet, then hit with some asteroid blasting it into space, there wouldn't be much time for the bacteria to modify itself. But i think if we've found life on the worst part of earth, i think there could be some in a good part of vacuumous space. Now regarding 'holding someone underwater' relating to this subject. What if these bactera's lifespan is like 9 minutes, and it shows it can survive and also reproduce in that time? It like saying 'people can't survive on earth' is the same thing as 'we can live underwater'. We spend a lifetime on earth, but can only temporarily be underwater.
-inferno
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