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QHi HIW,

I ama ChinesereaderandI reallylikereadingHIWvery

much.RecentlyI readsomearticlesaboutsearching

forlifebeyondtheEarth.FromMarstoKepler452b,it

is a greatmissionandmeaningfultohumanbeings.

However,theuniverseis sohugethatevena teenytiny

clueoflifecouldbea bigdiscovery,nottomention

findingouta planetis fitforpeopletoinhabit.

Hereis a problem,andit is widelydisputedonthe

internet.If ourscientistsjustwanttofindsome

extraterrestriallife,theirwaysmaybenotthatgoodor

objective.Accordingtothesearticles,if a planethas

water,oxygenandmoderatetemperature,theremay

probablyexistlifeontheplanet.Butwait,does

extraterrestriallifereallyneedwaterandoxygento

survive?Maybewhattheyneedis actuallycarbon

monoxide!Oxygen?Dangerousandlethal!It canonly

beusedwhentheywanttokillthemselves.I doknow

ourscientistsare100-timessmarterthanus;theymay

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have noticed this question at the very beginning, but

why do they still insist on finding extraterrestrial life

under these very restricted conditions?

Thank you for your letter. Life on other planets

has always been something that has intrigued

us. How much is out there that we don’t know

about? You make an interesting point that we

don’t know what other living beings need if we

haven’t encountered them yet – but we can

only go on what we know. And to find any sign

of life living similarly to the way we do, our

best bet is to start looking for what we already

know life needs. That being said, who knows

what we could find through other space

missions when we aren’t looking specifically

for evidence of life?

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