With out using our Technology, other planets probably cannot support life.Right? They cannot support life.
2006-09-11 18:30:15 · 9 answers · asked by twinklestar518 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Consider that we, earthly people go to other planets with nothing... does we survive? do this planets support life?
2006-09-11 18:37:13 · update #1
Life as we know it? The other planets in our solar system? No. Elsewhere? Who knows?
2006-09-11 18:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by Master Maverick 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our technology is constantly evolving & changing. If you buy a new top of the line computer now, 5 years from now it will be old technology. In my opinion, other planets can definitely support life. It may not be intelligent life, but 1000 years from now, who knows? The key word here is evolve. I do think that other planets may support life. Only if the conditions are right. As far as our own Milky Way, we are (as far as we know) the only planet with intelligent life. But we do not currently have the technology (or time rather) to probe outside of our Solar system. We HAVE sent probes out into space that are still giving us feedback, but it will be a long time before we learn anything worthwile, because it takes lightyears before their video feed gets transmitted back to us here on planet Earth. The space-time rift, or fold, prevents us from seeing exactly what the probe is looking at this very instant. Look at our space shuttle program. If we were to have astronauts out in space right now, in orbit around the moon, and they go around to the dark side, there will be roughly about a 30-45 second delay from what they transmit to Mission Control before the transmission actually REACHES Mission Control. Maybe one day, we could find a whole new solar system filled with intelligent life. Who knows?
2006-09-11 18:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by P Wee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well life just isn't limited to "bodies" they could be: bacteria, spores, fungi, etc etc. could be on all the planets and we not know it. Planets are huge and we just do not have the means to discover all, especially with some of their given conditions. Mars for example has a volcano the size of Texas, and has 800mile long landslides. Jupiter is one huge gasball. So, who knows what could be in or on from that planet. Not to mention the other planets past our solar system we have found that are very similar to Earth's atomoshpere and conditions. Problem is, that there are some that have stars that rotate around the planet creating violent conditions on the planet. Well, so do we, in weather or otherwise, yet we as a existence still manage to be. Why not them? The whole universe in its entirety is huge and there is life, it would be a huge waste if there wasn't.
2006-09-11 18:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by Fallen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a very slight possiblity that some of the planets in our solar system or their moons could support simple forms of life.
Mars is a rather good candidate since it may have water. This would be life in the most rudimentary form and the chances are very slight. Certain moons of Jupiter and Saturn could possibly support life.
The main problem is very thin atmospheres, a very small or nonexistent water supply and very cold temperatures.
If you are talking about life in higher forms, like us, that's probably pretty near impossible without special technology.
2006-09-11 18:38:20 · answer #4 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question should read, "Do other planets support life?"
In our solar system it does not appear that they do. However, that is not to say that there might not be other solar systems which have planets with the right conditions for life as we know it. Other planets in other solar systems might have life of a different form which is completely happy in that planet's environment.
The problem that you and I face in discussing this is that those other possible planets are in distant solar systems and impossible to reach in your (or my) lifetime. I think that the nearest star (their possible Sun) is 6 million light years away from us, and we cannot travel at the speed of light. So, essentially, they are to cotton pickin far away to make a hill of beans unless you wish to talk to them by interstellar radio with years in between transmission and reception. You might radio out the question and your great, great, great, great, great, great..., great grandson (interval of 6 million years) get back the answer if he was listening and still had a working receiver at that time.
2006-09-11 18:46:02 · answer #5 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cool thing is that even though "Life finds a way" there will never be intelligent life on other planets. Ever notice how we're the only thing that evolved to this level on this planet. Other lifeforms have had the chance and never did. Why would they on other planets?
2006-09-11 18:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by thetyranyofevilmen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an Astronomer I say Yes. Maybe one day life will find us. If you look at the ancient civilization they were intrigue that mars had canyons now we are looking at closer images of that planet and we are amazed that water might have existed. If we find any type of bacteria that might have been in water we might be looking at life that once roamed Mars. But some of us are trying to travel farther out in the universe to see if we can find a planet that can resemble earth.
2006-09-11 18:44:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a little ignorant to think that in this entire universe we are the only life forms. Also my personal contention is that if there is life out there it will be more intelligent than us and therefore find us before we find them.
2006-09-11 18:32:11 · answer #8 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not without technology
2006-09-11 18:31:45 · answer #9 · answered by Derek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋