Lichens Survive In Space On Esa Mission, Biopan Foton |
Lichens Survive In Space On Esa Mission, Biopan Foton |
Nov 13 2005, 12:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Lichens survive in space aboard ESA's Foton M-2 mission launched into low-Earth orbit by a Russian Soyuz rocket, 31 May. After reaching orbit, the Biopan facility containing the lichens opened to expose them to the vacuum, radiation and wide temperature fluctuations of space for 14.6 days. It closed again for reentry and landing by parachute. The samples were examined at the ESA research facility in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The survival rate exceeded 90%, and photosynthesis was not impaired, according to the scientist in charge of the experiment, Leopoldo García Sancho of the Complutense University of Madrid. The results "would support the theory of panspermia," he said. This links to images from the Biopan 4 and 5 missions: http://www.astrobiology.nl/pictures/index.php -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Nov 13 2005, 04:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Next time they should send up samples from the little patch of crab grass I've been fighting in my back lawn. Nothing can kill that stuff.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Nov 13 2005, 04:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 127 |
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Jan 4 2006, 06:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
What no bubbles? Results of the ARIEL experiment from Foton-M2 mission
The Foton-M2 space flight mission, deployed in Low-Earth Orbit between 31 May and 16 June 2005, has produced some very interesting results in the area of fluid physics. The ARIEL experiment, flown in ESA’s FluidPac instrument as part of the Foton-M2 payload was investigating how the application of an electric field to a liquid in weightlessness affects the boiling process. More at: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM2JH0VRHE_research_0.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jan 4 2006, 10:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
QUOTE (gpurcell @ Nov 13 2005, 05:34 PM) No. Make the penetrators *out* of bamboo shoots! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Feb 7 2006, 02:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
EXO LIFE
Panspermia - A Radiating Experience http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Pansperm...Experience.html Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2006 - In this interview with Astrobiology Magazine, Gerda Horneck of the German Aerospace Center discusses the effects of space radiation on life. She has spent her career studying the controversial concept of Panspermia – that life could be transported between different planets by meteorites. She has also looked at issues faced by human astronauts as they venture into space and explore other worlds. Extremophile Bacteria Do One Job In Daylight And Another At Night http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Extremop...r_At_Night.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 24 2006, 10:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Texas State research sheds new light on panspermia
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19104 "When the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry Feb. 1, 2003, more than 80 on-board science experiments were lost in the fiery descent. Texas State University-San Marcos biologist Robert McLean, however, has salvaged some unexpected science from the wreckage. A strain of slow-growing bacteria survived the crash, a discovery which may have significant implications for the concept of panspermia." -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 24 2006, 10:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Texas State research sheds new light on panspermia http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19104 "When the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry Feb. 1, 2003, more than 80 on-board science experiments were lost in the fiery descent. Texas State University-San Marcos biologist Robert McLean, however, has salvaged some unexpected science from the wreckage. A strain of slow-growing bacteria survived the crash, a discovery which may have significant implications for the concept of panspermia." Better than that - there was an experiment with worms aboard Columbia, and they, too, survived the destruction of the Orbiter. The canister inside which they were being held was recovered intact several months later - but none of the worms which had flown aboard Columbia were by then alive, having died of old age! Instead, the canister was inhabited by subsequent generations of the little blighters, all descended from the astro-worms... Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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May 12 2006, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Survival in Space: An Interview With Astrobiologist Charles Cockell (Part 2)
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=20573 "What I'm doing, in common with many other European scientists, is to select various organisms that can survive extreme conditions, and to send them into Earth orbit to see how they respond to the conditions of space. We're interested in the survival of microbes in extreme space conditions from a planetary protection point of view." -- Contemplating Craters: An Interview With Astrobiologist Charles Cockell (Part 1) http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=20572 "One of the things I'm interested in as a microbiologist is the way in which asteroid and comet impacts might create new opportunities for life. We've been doing work in a number of craters, including the Haughton crater in the Canadian High Arctic, and also the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, which is an 80-kilometer diameter crater in the US. One of the things we find is that the massive energy of impacts can shatter rocks and create habitats for microorganisms." -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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