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Originally Posted by crosscountry
you want to say that they can hold their breath a few months but not longer?
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I can hold my breath for a minite, but not a month. But no, what I meant was...
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if it's only the lack of atmosphere holding them back, then I don't see what would keep them from reviving upon contact with a new planet.
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No, that's not the only or even greatest factor holdeng them back (killing them) it's the lack of atmosphere, millions of years of exposure to cosmic rays, millions of years of dessication, lack of food, and potentially deadly impact and potentially unlivable environment at the other end of the trip.
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