-----Original Message----- From: Rick Monteverde Abd ul-Rahman Lomax: "<...> maybe those bacteria are smarter than we think."
Interesting statement, reflecting a notion that's starting to catch on from different disciplines and directions. "That would also explain the coincidence of natural gas (or oil, if that's the case) and helium." Nice hook to astrobiology too - possible implications for remote detection methods? Check this out: http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=7934 If deep planetary bacteria can evolve to "breathe rocks" then Martian life (or even lunar life) could be hundred of meters below the surface - and given the moon is pretty chilly at depth, perhaps some of these evolved to use LENR ? <g> Probably not out moon, but there are zillions of moons out there to colonize. Jones
