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A u-tube video of harvard lecture on some advanced DIY science

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William Carson
William Carson Veteran Member • Posts: 6,205
A u-tube video of harvard lecture on some advanced DIY science

What if you wanted to design an automated robotic laboratory to test for life on other planets or moons around Jupiter or Saturn? I didn't know where to post this quite interesting lecture so although not exactly photographically related, it is about a team of folks figuring out things to solve immediate problems so I put it in this forum-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRb3PH1Zck

Bob 1
Bob 1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,896
Re: A u-tube video of harvard lecture on some advanced DIY science

Greetings William...

Thanks for posting the URL for this lecture... I found it to be very interesting concerning the environment that every living thing on/in this earth shapes and the instrumentation technology science professionals are developing/using to quantify it.

There is much speculation about water/life as it is on earth and the possibilities of the same, or similar, situations on other so-called worldly bodies... in our on solar system and beyond. Being retired for almost 13 years, I have found a lot of time to watch the science channel... perhaps too much time The one thing that always seems to rise above the excitement of speculation, over time, isreality. From the working astrophysics professionals: Gee, we were so surprised, it's nothing like we thought it would be! Translation: ... it's nothing like we hoped it would be!

Monies spent to study the world that we live in makes a lot of sense to me... however monies spent studying worlds that we will never live in makes no sense to me. Billions upon billions upon billions of dollars are spent yearly on other world speculations... and the only thing parents of sick/unfortunate children hear is... gee, we were so surprised, it's nothing like we thought it would be!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if a majority of this other world speculation money could, somehow, be channeled to curing illnesses caused by our own changing environment!!

Oops, didn't mean to get on my soap box. Again, thanks & HAGD

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William Carson
OP William Carson Veteran Member • Posts: 6,205
Re: A u-tube video of harvard lecture on some advanced DIY science

Bob 1 wrote:

Greetings William...

Thanks for posting the URL for this lecture... I found it to be very interesting concerning the environment that every living thing on/in this earth shapes and the instrumentation technology science professionals are developing/using to quantify it.

There is much speculation about water/life as it is on earth and the possibilities of the same, or similar, situations on other so-called worldly bodies... in our on solar system and beyond. Being retired for almost 13 years, I have found a lot of time to watch the science channel... perhaps too much time The one thing that always seems to rise above the excitement of speculation, over time, isreality. From the working astrophysics professionals: Gee, we were so surprised, it's nothing like we thought it would be! Translation: ... it's nothing like we hoped it would be!

Monies spent to study the world that we live in makes a lot of sense to me... however monies spent studying worlds that we will never live in makes no sense to me. Billions upon billions upon billions of dollars are spent yearly on other world speculations... and the only thing parents of sick/unfortunate children hear is... gee, we were so surprised, it's nothing like we thought it would be!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if a majority of this other world speculation money could, somehow, be channeled to curing illnesses caused by our own changing environment!!

Oops, didn't mean to get on my soap box. Again, thanks & HAGD

One very interesting field of study and discovery is in early evolution of photosynthesis in the earth's history. In case you have not seen this, it is a great talk by a researcher -actually now a PhD based on her work finding evidence of life in the rocks in Australia with her co-workers that are 3.5 billion years old- Tanya Bosak. You have to skip through the long intro to her talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN1Q70mgkSQ

https://eapsweb.mit.edu/people/tbosak

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