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<p>I'm putting my bets down on tardigrades as the poster child of
space-pioneer phyla: <br>
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<p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/tardigrades-on-the-moon-alive/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.popsci.com/tardigrades-on-the-moon-alive/</a></p>
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<p>Given Elno's (nod to Glen) predilections, I wouldn't be surprised
if he didn't have a secret lab where he is cultivating strains of
tardigrades with his own genes spliced in? <br>
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<p><a
href="https://astrobiology.com/2024/06/modifying-genomes-of-tardigrades-to-unravel-their-secrets.html"
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Microbes can colonize space, produce drugs and create energy −
researchers are simulating their inner workings to harness how
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/microbes-can-colonize-space-produce-drugs-and-create-energy-researchers-are-simulating-their-inner-workings-to-harness-how-241131">https://theconversation.com/microbes-can-colonize-space-produce-drugs-and-create-energy-researchers-are-simulating-their-inner-workings-to-harness-how-241131</a>
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On 1/14/25 09:13, Prof David West wrote:
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I take a more charitable view to writing, especially fiction,
and find value in the ideas that can be sparked by a good SciFi
novel like Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age. A world where stuff is
essentially 'free' because of nano-tech, but social
stratification persists and new interesting problems arise. Not
an argument against Jochen's technological optimism, but a
caution that the issues are more complicated than many assume.
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