From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Thu Aug 10 2000 - 22:13:29 MDT
> > http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97nov/space.htm
> >
> > "Every time a major impact occurs on Europa, a vast quantity of water
> > is splashed from the ocean into the space around Jupiter. Some of the
> > water evaporates, and some condenses into snow. Creatures living in
> > the water far enough from the impact have a chance of being splashed
> > into space and quickly freeze-dried....
I guess theoretically the same thing could happen here. In fact I
dont see why in theory a fish couldnt be whacked out of earth
orbit altogether given a sufficiently fast moving impacting
body. Theoretically I suppose a sea mammal could suffer
the same fate. Bang ZOOM! Right to the moon... spike
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