October 29, 2009

Lecture 25: The Requirements for Life in the Solar System

47 minutes

Having completed our tour of the Solar System, we now turn to a

discussion of the requirements for life, and where those requirements

might be satisfied elsewhere in the Solar System. Some - energy,

complex chemistry, and liquid water - seem obvious, but they are not the

only possibilities or considerations. At the end, we will have a short

list of possible places to look, some expected, others surprising.

Recorded live on 2009 Oct 29 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the

Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.

...more

By Richard Pogge

October 29, 2009

47 minutes

Having completed our tour of the Solar System, we now turn to a

discussion of the requirements for life, and where those requirements

might be satisfied elsewhere in the Solar System. Some - energy,

complex chemistry, and liquid water - seem obvious, but they are not the

only possibilities or considerations. At the end, we will have a short

list of possible places to look, some expected, others surprising.

Recorded live on 2009 Oct 29 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the

Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.

...more

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