• Question: why can we not create amino acids to create life on other planets

    Asked by therussian to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Lena Ciric

      Lena Ciric answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      We could take amino acids over to other planets, but we’d need the conditions on the planets to be right for life. Life, as we know it, needs water, warm temperatures, and energy. If all these came together and an organism was formed on another planet, evolution would then dictate whether it would survive or not.

    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      We could probably do this. We are able to generate amino acids in the laboratory, and it is possible to take organisms to other planets. I’m not sure if they would survive.

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