[meteorite-list] '.001 percent' chance for life onnewlyfoundplanet?

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:18:35 -0400
Message-ID: <A4A24400B5404FBCBB1C6717E51248D9_at_DESKTOPCOMP>

Did you forget about the Man in the Moon?? :-)


Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secretary,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Ford" <mark.ford at ssl.gb.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] '.001 percent' chance for life
onnewlyfoundplanet?


>
> Sorry how can there be 100% chance of life???
>
> The temperature is suspected to be very approx -20C on a good day, we
> know nothing about any atmosphere (it could have lost it for all we
> know), we know nothing about the chemical structure of the planet, and
> we don't even have a highly accurate idea of the distances.
>
> Don't forget to read the fine print on these discoveries LIKE THE ERROR
> BARS!
>
> Granted there is possibly more chance of life there than most places to
> date we have seen but let's not go over the top here, (our moons in 'the
> habitable zone' but doesn't have life last time I looked...)
>
> The earth is still a statistically lucky place to live..
>
> Mark
>
>
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