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Originally posted by symmetricAvenger
atoms my friend ATOMS!
why travel bizzlluons of miles for water in a UFO that can bend space and time for a drippy drop of water?
the only reason they come here is YOU........
Originally posted by contactee
We have so much water
Originally posted by Misfit
Originally posted by contactee
We have so much water
That's thinking "in the box".
That is to say that water is the most important thing to any living creature anywhere in the universe. Water (and oxygen) is the most important thing to life on Earth. And even then, can be skewed as to what is most imprtant - just look at tree's, they need carbon dioxide, or they die. Look at plant life of Earth's deserts - they need extremely little water, or they drown.
No one knows what other life forms outside of Earth need to exist. What if other life forms are merely conscious entities? I just don't think a conscious entity needs water.
When thinking of what is most important to life in the Universe, one can not think as a Earth bound finite human.
Originally posted by VitalOverdose
There is plenty of water in space.. our entire universe is surrounded by huge chunks of ice.
Originally posted by born2BWild
H2O, the supposed mother of pearl. To me these resources are unlimited. The only thing limiting these resources is our so called monetary/currency system; which now we have a real "shortage of". The world we live in which has been pulled down before our eyes has no bearings whatsoever I feel. Scientist's can produce whatever is needed if each nation either shared with each other, or globally we became un-nationed through peace and abolished d..bag laws through not internationalized government, but individual community cities. Over regulation has got us this far and that includes our government regulating our currency, currency regulating/restricting our water usage, and water being regulated/controlled by the greedy.
Originally posted by symmetricAvenger
the only reason they come here is YOU
your a lot more important than you think.
Originally posted by contactee
But I assume that if a being requires a micro-climate, that is a ship, to survive space then it probably does need a solvent/water.
Originally posted by Misfit
Originally posted by contactee
But I assume that if a being requires a micro-climate, that is a ship, to survive space then it probably does need a solvent/water.
That's exactly what I am referring to. Not "trying" to be critical of others' thinking, but just pointing out that the assumptions of another life form needing water is just that - assumptions based upon the needs of human life. Take for instance the Mel Gibson movie "Signs", what kills aliens in that depiction of alien life .......... water.
As for a ship needing any kind of "solvents", that assumption is based upon man made mechanical needs. There is simply no telling WHAT another life forms mode of transportation needs to sustain itslef, but it does not necessarily have to be something that we may even have the concept of.
Originally posted by contactee
so where do chemical reactions in the being take place, what is the substrate?
Originally posted by Misfit
Originally posted by contactee
so where do chemical reactions in the being take place, what is the substrate?
I have no answer for that, I am just saying nothing has to be according, or even remotely similar, to human biology.
I added a paragraph to my last post while you were posting this, just so you know
[edit on 7/10/2009 by Misfit]
That's interesting how do you know that.
On March 22, 2006, astronomers (including David Jewitt and Henry Hsieh) announced that the near circular orbits of some icy asteroids in the outer reaches of the Main Asteroid Belt suggest that they are part of a population of "main belt comets." Three objects have been found with near circular, flat orbits in the main belt occasionally stream volatile materials, producing an observable tail for weeks and months at a time as their orbits bring them closer to the Sun. The astronomers speculate that past impacts on Earth from such inner comets may have been an important source of the water now found in Earth's oceans .
Originally posted by VitalOverdose
That's interesting how do you know that.
We use things like the Hubble Space Telescope to work out the composition of certain objects in space.
On March 22, 2006, astronomers (including David Jewitt and Henry Hsieh) announced that the near circular orbits of some icy asteroids in the outer reaches of the Main Asteroid Belt suggest that they are part of a population of "main belt comets." Three objects have been found with near circular, flat orbits in the main belt occasionally stream volatile materials, producing an observable tail for weeks and months at a time as their orbits bring them closer to the Sun. The astronomers speculate that past impacts on Earth from such inner comets may have been an important source of the water now found in Earth's oceans .
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