From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Dec 23 1999 - 06:53:12 MST
I confess, I was engaging in something I deplore in others: judging the
author's work by hearsay (in this case, based on interviews about / reviews
of his book).
I consider myself properly chastised. Thanks, I needed that.
MMB
At 23:21 1999/12/22 -0800, you wrote:
>--- "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org> wrote:
> > I must have missed their Sasquatch article.
> >
> >
> > (tiny :))
> >
> > At 22:51 1999/12/22 -0500, you wrote:
> > >The first issue of National Geographic Magazine for
> > the year 2000
> > >contains an article by Joel Achenbach (author of
> > Captured by Aliens)
> > >titled "Life Beyond Earth".
> > >
> > >You can read more about it here:
> > >
> >
> >http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/ngm/0001/hilights.html#b
>
>Actually (at least in the web excerpts)it's a quite
>good, balanced intoductory article. A good summary of
>the issues. It even discusses nanoprobes!
>
>The only issue I might bring up is the description of
>the possible Europan ecology as "cold". I understand
>there could well be hot vents resulting from the same
>tidal heating that would keep the ocean liquid in the
>first place.
>
>BTW, for some planned Europa missions, check:
>http://www2.astrobiology.com/astro/europa/index.html#missions
>
>Mike
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