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(The Journal) Interesting Yet another "best places to live" list, with one difference: none of these places are on Earth   (thejournal.ie) divider line 17
More: Interesting, Earth, planets, Submarine volcano, forms of life, Gliese, red dwarf stars, planetary habitability, Washington State University  
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Xai
2011-11-29 08:57:19 AM
I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)
 
somedude210 [TotalFark]
2011-11-29 09:07:00 AM
Xai: I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)

They all require terraforming, its just a matter of whether the space worms will get to you that you need to worry about....or the zerg...

\Kekekekekekekekekekekeke
 
thecpt
2011-11-29 09:17:37 AM
cool list, at least different...look out for thresher maws
 
Xai
2011-11-29 09:21:23 AM
somedude210: Xai: I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)

They all require terraforming, its just a matter of whether the space worms will get to you that you need to worry about....or the zerg...

\Kekekekekekekekekekekeke

still, i think that temperature is something that needs to be at least close.
 
BalugaJoe
2011-11-29 09:28:17 AM
Im moving to the Chicago Imperrium. They just elected a new Chairman
 
Erix
2011-11-29 09:29:24 AM
Xai: I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)

FTA: "The second question is whether conditions exist on exoplanets that suggest the possibility of other forms of life, whether known to us or not."

The paper's authors explained that focusing on earth-based assumptions of what is necessary for life to exist may too restrictive as a potential variety of life forms may exist on other worlds.

"Habitability in a wider sense is not necessarily restricted to water as a solvent or to a planet circling a star," they said. "For example, the hydrocarbon lakes on Titan could host a different form of life. Analog studies in hydrocarbon environments on Earth, in fact, clearly indicate that these environments are habitable in principle. Orphan planets wandering free of any central star could likewise conceivably feature conditions suitable for some form of life."

As such, the PHI flags more general conditions that may indicate the potential life, reports CBC News, including:

A stable and protected substrate (not necessarily Earth's rocky surface)
Energy (not necessarily light from a Sun-like star)
Chemistry that allows large, chain-like molecules to be built (not necessarily the carbon-based chemistry)
A liquid medium (not necessarily water)
 
yves0010
2011-11-29 09:48:33 AM
somedude210: Xai: I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)

They all require terraforming, its just a matter of whether the space worms will get to you that you need to worry about....or the zerg...

\Kekekekekekekekekekekeke

If the Zerg showed up... I wouldnt be that concerned. I would fear the Protos coming to burn the planet.
 
crab66
2011-11-29 09:54:01 AM
yves0010: If the Zerg showed up... I wouldnt be that concerned. I would fear the Protos coming to burn the planet.

I'm more concerned about Reapers coming to liquify me.
 
yves0010
2011-11-29 10:22:04 AM
crab66: yves0010: If the Zerg showed up... I wouldnt be that concerned. I would fear the Protos coming to burn the planet.

I'm more concerned about Reapers coming to liquify me.

That's only if Shepard takes his time. But if your the doctor, you're safe.

I would be more concerned about Xenomorphs and chest bursters.

/poor Kelly... didn't know till it was to late.
 
Nintenfreak
2011-11-29 10:32:05 AM
Good, because I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
 
ranak
2011-11-29 11:03:36 AM
List is only a best guess until they get a scanner ship out there with some moon probes. Then the towers can go up.

/assuming that Gliese is low-sec.
 
yves0010
2011-11-29 11:29:36 AM
ranak: List is only a best guess until they get a scanner ship out there with some moon probes. Then the towers can go up.

/assuming that Gliese is low-sec.

naw, they will just send a colony ship out there and try to teraform it.
 
dittybopper
2011-11-29 11:34:41 AM
Xai: I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)

It's relatively easy to build a habitat that is insulated and heated, and that provides supplemental oxygen. In fact, you could almost use a tent. The requirements are less stringent than they would have to be for, say, Mars, for example. I'd also want to remove the methane, btw, just to be on the safe side.
 
Gordon Bennett
2011-11-29 12:40:24 PM
So Dundee would be somewhere in the middle of the list then?
 
Jackpot777
2011-11-29 01:44:05 PM
yves0010: crab66: yves0010: If the Zerg showed up... I wouldnt be that concerned. I would fear the Protos coming to burn the planet.

I'm more concerned about Reapers coming to liquify me.

That's only if Shepard takes his time. But if your the doctor, you're safe.

I would be more concerned about Xenomorphs and chest bursters.

/poor Kelly... didn't know till it was to late.

Came for the shake-n-bake colony, leaving sssssssssatisfied.
 
joeyromeo
2011-11-29 04:26:05 PM
Saturn's moon Titan and Mars were among the most habitable planets,


wait what?
 
89 Stick-Up Kid
2011-11-29 05:15:41 PM
Xai: I don't consider Titan, at -175C to be all that habitable, although it does have an impressively resonable atmospheric pressure and a very breathable atmosphere if oxygen were introduced (95% nitrogen, 5% methane - so would require terraforming)

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