toastywombel Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 So it seems more and more evidence points to Europa having large lakes of liquid water under the surface. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/336186/title/Lakes_may_lurk_beneath_chaos_on_Europa Share your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantheory Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) So it seems more and more evidence points to Europa having large lakes of liquid water under the surface. http://www.sciencene...chaos_on_Europa Share your thoughts. The existence of these underground lakes seems like a likely possibility based upon the present evidence. Such lakes would be closer to being fresh water lakes because of the continuous freezing and thawing processes. They might contain some kind of primitive life and if so would become a type of natural reserve and lab for study. If not these lakes might eventually become large food depots containing transplanted earth sea/ lake life, that could feed space travelers or space colonies in the vicinity The primary central underground ocean below might be too saline (like the dead sea for example) to support life according to some models. It also will be much easier to drill down to one of these lakes than it will be to drill down to the much deeper ocean(s). // Edited November 22, 2011 by pantheory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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