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PANSPERMIA:

PANSPERMIA:. NEW VENEREAL DISEASE OR THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE ON EARTH?. or. ?. According to the AMA, and good news to men everywhere, panspermia is not a VD. Panspermia. ?. =. According to the AMA, and good news to men everywhere, panspermia is not a VD

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PANSPERMIA:

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  1. PANSPERMIA: NEW VENEREAL DISEASE OR THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE ON EARTH? or ?

  2. According to the AMA, and good news to men everywhere, panspermia is not a VD Panspermia ? = Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  3. According to the AMA, and good news to men everywhere, panspermia is not a VD Actually, it’s a theory about life’s origin from the cosmos Panspermia ? = Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  4. According to the AMA, and good news to men everywhere, panspermia is not a VD Actually, it’s a theory about life’s origin from the cosmos Crazy? Panspermia ? = Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  5. Bacteria in TUBES??? • Hypothesized in 1864 that life must have come from an extraterrestrial source • ‘There is no known circumstance in which it can be confirmed that microscopic beings came into the world without germs, without parents similar to themselves’ Louis Pasteur Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  6. Bacteria in TUBES??? The Experiment • Using a sterile glass flask, he showed that cultures cannot be formed from plain air • Only after adding germs to the air would this form: Scientific Gold! Louis Pasteur Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  7. Bacteria in SPACE??? • Can bacteria survive the long, harsh journey to Earth? • Can bacteria then survive entering Earth’s atmosphere? • Finally, can bacteria survive the impact with Earth and then flourish? Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  8. Bacteria in SPACE!!! • Found in the most EXTREME-EME-EME-EME conditions on Earth • Can lie dormant for millions of years • Able to survive entry into Earth’s Atmosphere Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  9. Cometic Tragedy • Comets are icy, giving the bacteria nourishment • Cold, which makes them good insulators • They break up in the atmosphere Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  10. …and then Pasteur said, ‘LET THERE BE PROOF’, and it was done, and Pasteur was happy Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  11. Fossil Record • It’s a bird; It’s a plane; It’s…the fossil record? • Life seems to have appeared very rapidly in the history of the planet Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  12. The Second Law of Thermodynamics • “in a closed system, you can't finish any real physical process with as much useful energy as you had to start with — some is always wasted” Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  13. Tree of Life • Widely believed that without new genetic material, the tree of life would be horizontal, not vertical • New genetic material from space would account for the genetic diversity we see in early life Eric Mazzone Astro 230

  14. A Final Note... • Panspermia: Were we brought here by comets? • Well that’s up to you to decide Eric Mazzone Astro 230

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