Venusina Microbes in the Context of Environmental Exploitation and Extinction

Thought I would share my latest piece for Uncancelled here; its environmental theme is slightly more related to the overall nature of the sight than some of the more social stuff I've been commenting on in the off-topic forums. Exploration, Exploitation – Extinction? - uncancelled

 

I get where its coming from.
I just wonder if human life will survive long enough to actually move out of this world and interfere with others.

 

Before armageddon is complete perhaps they will have launched a big red space ship with a friendly pilot, a hologram co pilot, a cat, and a robot servant..
No, that's just a crazy concept.
I've been watching too much tv during lockdown.

 

I did think about Holly, (the original cockney Norman Lovett was my favourite)
But both work well and the series just kept getting better and better as the seasons went by.

 

I remain to be convinced about microbes in the Venusian atmosphere, phosphine (PH3) is a highly reactive molecule and difficult for microbes to make even on earth. It is also highly toxic to most life forms interfering with oxygen metabolism. It also requires a source of phosphate and I'm not sure that volatile phosphates have been detected on Venus.
I did wonder though if it's genetic material would be blue in colour (Venus in Blue Genes).
As for life elsewhere in the Universe almost certainly in some form another.

 

Being a complete numpty regarding real science, I always wonder why scientists think that any other forms of life would need certain conditions ?

The conditions mostly seem to be based on forms of life we know of............. but aren't we looking for forms of life we don't know of?

 

Indeed. And to me, those other theories are just as interesting in their own way.

 

But what I said was, are they?????
As they always seem to make statements to the effect that there could be life as certain elements are there, ones based on how life is on earth.