As NASA's hotshot exobiologist, you are asked to design an Earth satellite system in which some organism(s) can live actively (i.e.. no spores) for millennia. How would you go about it? Specify an orbit of your choice.
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I would choose organisms that are not too specialized in their habits and habitats,and put them in a spacecraft that periodically challenged them with newer nutrients and temperatures,and hope that Darwinism worked even in the restricted space given to the organisms.The orbit would not matter too much as long as it was not too small,did not make the space craft spin too rapidly ,at least for a time before the organisms,began evolving.
Posted by: Indrani Roy | February 11, 2011 at 09:52 PM