Dec 17, 2007

Europan microbes

From Instapundit "GETTING CLOSER to Europa. Is there life under the ice?"

If there is life on Europa I wonder how much it would be worth? If Europan life is very different from life on earth than Europan microbes would likely be able to do stuff that earth microbes can't and so could be worth billions to bio-tech companies.

Let's imagine that NASA sends a probe to Europa and does discover life under the ice. Such a discovery might motivate biotechnology entrepreneurs to finance a mission to bring Europan microbes back to earth in the hopes of earning vast profits from them.