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Originally Posted by ryanmercer
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Originally Posted by RMH
The temperature, yeah, likely a problem. The highest temperature extremophiles on earth currently known cap out at approximately 230 F. However, they're still looking, and there's been at least one unconfirmed report of possibly archaebacteria in the middle of some 'Black Smoker' vents, at about 350 F.
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*nods* evidence exists of procaryotes living at temperatures as high as 115 degrees C (239 degrees F). In fact, cultures have been obtained that can be easily grown at this temperature in the laboratory. *nods* I can't remember the specific ones though. But yeah, nothing higher than that has been found to date. |
On the cloud decks, 50 km above the surface, where an unknown UV-absorber can be seen, where unknown processes seem to destroy carbon monoxide and produce carbonyl sulfide, and non spherical cloud particles of unknown composition were detected, the temperature is about 70°C.
So, no, temperature is not a problem.
A real problem might be the scarcity of of elements like phosphorus, sodium, potassium, and calcium in the atmosphere. But perhaps ash from volcanic eruptions might help here.