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Mr Troll: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Is it possible that life can exist in far different way than we know of? Say, living organisms surviving on Nitrogen instead of Oxygen and CO2?
Why i ask is because we tend to assume that for something to be called life, it has to survive based on our own conditions of survival. . . Any answers here?

Very interesting point of view....why must we expect the mode of survival of extraterrestrial life to model life on earth? Obviously they may survive based on their own evolutionary conditions

Consider Extremophiles for example

Extremophiles

Until very recently it was thought that life could develop only under "normal" conditions, i.e., with neutral pH (around 7), with low ionic strength (similar to that of blood plasma), at temperatures around 37°C, at normal atmospheric pressure (corresponding to altitudes up to several kilometres) and in the presence of oxygen. Obviously thses limits were basically anthropocentric and the result of considering our species as the centre of the Universe.
War against microbes

Human beings have always been at war with microbes, mainly to prevent food spoilage and diseases. This is the reason why people became obsessed with finding what would prevent microbial growth.

To preserve food we have learned to use salt (ionic strength), both high and low temperatures, pH (pickling), drying and irradiation. As a consequence we have found that although most organisms are unable to develop or remain viable in those conditions, some are exceedingly stubborn, resisting extreme conditions, or even requiring them for optimal growth.
Discovery of extremophiles

Organisms that develop and thrive under extreme conditions are known as extremophiles. Here are some important weblinks to comprehensive information about this fascinating field of research:

An introduction to Extremophiles,
An introduction to the Archaea Domain,
A popular overview,
Life in extreme environments, and
Classification of Extremophiles by Habitat and Physiology (with many links).

At the beginning of the 20th century the salt fish industry suffered a devastating economic disaster when all the salt cod was spoiled by halophiles (salt loving microbes) present in the marine salt used for its preservation.

The discovery of chemolithotrophic acidophiles (acid lovers, some of them able to grow at negative pH) in the mid-1940's explained the cause of pollution from acid mine drainage associated with the mining industry, a problem of grave environmental concern.

The discovery of hyperthermophiles (heat loving microbes) had to wait until Thomas Brock isolated some of them in the geysers and fumaroles of Yellowstone National Park in the United States during the 1960's.
The hunt for extremes

At the beginning of the 1980's, the hunt was on in microbial ecology to find the most extreme of the extremophiles. As a result we found microorganisms in oceanic black smokers that can grow at 113°C in a pressure cooker, or at temperatures below 0°C in polar ice. Others thrive at negative pH (concentrations higher than 1M sulfuric acid) in copper mines, or high pH (over 12) in soda lakes. Some live under enormous pressure at the bottom of the oceans (over 1100 bars), or are able to survive extremely high doses of radiation in nuclear power facilities. And others survive dried out in the form of viable dormant endospores for millions of years, or in rock matrices several kilometers under the surface of the Earth, etc., etc. ...
What we may learn from extremophiles

What use are extremophiles?

Although for many years they were considered a problem (halophiles and thermophiles for food conservation, acidophiles for ground water contamination), scientists became interested in finding the limits of life and the mechanisms associated with their extreme behaviour. In addition, possible technological applications are being explored for biomining, enzymology at high temperature or low moisture levels, bioremediation, etc.

Recently extremophiles have earned an important place in Astrobiology: the search for life in the universe. Indeed, the possibility that life can develop at extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, pH, high radiation or low moisture levels has increased the chances of finding life elsewhere in the universe, in systems with conditions completely different from our planet Earth.

http://www.lifeinuniverse.org/Extremophiles-04-04-01.html

If you just can't get out of bed, NASA might have a mission for you.

A NASA study is recruiting volunteers to to lie in a bed that is tilted downward at a 6 degree angle for 70 days. Subjects who complete the entire bed rest project can earn up to $18,000.

The study is meant to test the conditions that astronauts might experience while traveling in space. NASA hopes to find out what physical changes occur to scientists on these missions and how much body function is required for a person to complete a specific task.The information will be used to develop methods that allow astronauts to have an easier time physically acclimating to daily life following space exploration.

Since there is no gravity in space, astronauts don't exert as much effort and might not get the necessary exercise they need to stay in shape.

Researchers are requiring participants to stay on a slight tilt which is intended to allow fluids to move towards the upper part of the body. That would allow researchers to study cardiovascular symptoms similar to what might be experienced during a space expedition.

The volunteers will be required to live in a bed rest facility located in NASA's Flight Analogs Research Unit (FARU) at the University of Texas Medical branch in Galveston, Texas. The subjects will be split into two groups. Some will be required to spend 105 days living in the facility and go through a variety of resistance and aerobic exercises while remaining on bed rest. The others will spend 97 days, and will not be required to do the exercises.

Data about the subjects' bones, muscles, heart and circulatory systems, nervous systems, nutritional conditions and their abilities to fight off infections will be recorded.

If they need to shower or use the bathroom, NASA has a modified shower device so the subjects will not need to stand.

For both groups, they'll have a few days of regular, mobile living inside the facility and a two-week recovery period after their 70 days of bed rest where they will be reconditioned back to normal physical activity.

NASA will pay $1,200 a week for the study which can last up to 15 weeks. The study was vetted and deemed safe by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, a committee which looks at the safety and ethics of medical research studies with human subjects.

Still interested? You must be in shape -- another requirement is that participants have to be non-smokers in healthy physical condition who pass the Modified Air Force Class III physical.

"We don't want couch potatoes for this study," Dr. Roni Cromwell, a senior scientist on the study, said to the Houston Chronicle.

The project does come with potential health risks. Dr. Adam Stein, chairman of the dept. of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., told CBSNews.com that he typically sees loss of muscle strength, bone density and respiratory capacity in patients who have extended periods of bed rest. There's also the danger for developing urinary and constipation problems.

"I would expect after 70 days there would be changes that can't be made up for and recovered from (right away)," he said, adding that healthy people should be able to recover to their pre-experiment function eventually.

Immobile persons chance getting skin issues like bed sores and pressure sores, especially because many patients lose sensation. But, Stein, who is not involved in the NASA study, said that since these volunteers will be in good health, the risk of getting these particular problems is low.

What he's most concerned about are the psychological issues that may develop. People can become distressed or anxious from being stuck in bed for so long.

"I read a lot of studies where I thought people were lunatics to do it," Stein said. "I would really worry about the psychological effects of this particular study almost more than the physical."

Still, Cromwell told Forbes that "not every type of person" is able to 70 days at a time.

"Subjects in the study look at it as a way to help," Cromwell explained. "In that what we eventually do will help astronauts maintain their health while in space."

Heather Archuletta, a NASA contractor for the studies program, previously volunteered for a bed rest study for the space agency in 2008.

"Even when it was sometimes challenging, I tried to remember I was doing this for astronauts, so that we can keep them more healthy in space," she said to Forbes. "The day I got up, after being in bed for 54 days, my feet hurt like crazy walking for the first time! But, I reminded myself, this is what astronauts go through, too. Being a ground analog tester for astronauts is exciting, because you get to experience a lot of the things they do."

She added to CBSNews.com by email that she never had any long-term side effects and recovered 100 percent. She doesn't regret joining the project, and knew when she was approved for the study that it would be difficult. However, the fact that she was able to provide valuable information for NASA and the U.S. made everything worth it.

After the micro-gravity study, she went back for two additional studies.

Archuletta emphasized that the screening process for these NASA programs is rigorous and only those who have the right personality and physical traits are invited to participate.

"No one in the program is crazy, crippled, or in the least unaware of what we are doing. The briefings and preparations are weeks long, and THOROUGH. We are willing to do this to help find ways to keep astronauts healthier in orbit, and when they return to Earth gravity," she wrote.

To learn more about the study, visit the official NASA bed rest studies website.

[url]http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57603872/need-some-time-off-your-feet-nasa-paying-volunteers-$18k-to-lie-in-bed-for-70-days/[/url]

Sign Up Here: https://bedreststudy.jsc.nasa.gov/

Ray McBlue:


My own theory differs. I believe that our ancestors DNAs were shuttled here from Mars in a specially designed space modules, where they clash-landed in the ocean just like they were intended. Then our DNAs sipped into the ocean and then evolution of man started in it's gradual from, until we eventual evolved to Homo Sapiens, but I believe we haven't finished evolving just yet. Our Martian forefathers were highly evolved and able to maximize their brain capacity/potential. Where as we only use 20% of our brain, they were able to use 80%. I believe we will not be able to conquer space like they once did until we evolved to the form we are supposed to be; Sidha Stage IV UC

Thats a huge myth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_percent_of_brain_myth

wirinet: Even though this wikipedia articles reflect the biases of the authors, it still shows the difficulty in proving even microbial life ever existed on mars.- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars

Point made but your points fail to take into consideration things like fossil record which exist on mars

Now consider this http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science/

Proper way to verify any life found on mars dont you think?

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Kill it before it lay eggs

You will find it in most Biology Labs

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Very Poor Knowledge of Biology

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