• Published:March 16th, 2010
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NASA researchers, drilling hundreds of feet below the Antarctic ice shelf, have discovered a tiny, shrimp-like organism, alive and swimming, confounding some theories about what types of animals can survive at that depth and temperature. Surely, something like this should be a bit humbling, showing that we haven’t come close to understanding the natural and hidden wonders of our planet, let alone the universe. Also, it shows that scientific exploration, moving ever forward, can unlock the doors of knowledge, with each little discovery serving to enrich mankind as a whole.

The great thing about this age in which we live is that discoveries like this can now be shared immediately with untold scores of people, who can share in such wonders and make their opinions about them known to all. Oh wait- did I say “great thing?” Sorry, I meant “really, really awful thing.”

who cares? another worthless venture brought to you by nasa and the american tax payers…

What are the limits? That thing could carry a germ that could wipe us out…

Do the benefits of that kind of exploration outweigh the risk?

Are you kidding me? We are CLOSING PUBLIC SCOOLS accross the nation but our government pays for this Exploration in wasted time? Yeah I wonder why our country is in the state its in! Did these Scientits have a outback BBQ after ther discovery? So disapointed in my government.

Shouldn’t we be focused on fixing what is broken on the surface of this planet first?

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration. What are they doing in the ocean under the ice? Are they confused about what they exist for? or maybe they are just another out of control Federal Govenment spending apparatus trying to justify their existence? No wonder this country is broke going broker. Someone should call them up and tell them to knock it off.

The unfortunate thing is that that camera (probably -unless they performed the camera drop and drilling sterilely) now brings new bacteria, viruses and fungi that were not part of that environment into an environment that may be ill-equipped to deal with invasive species. That they were surprised suggests they may not have taken the appropriate caution not to mess with the environment the way the rest of mankind has been bringing in species into new environments and destroying the ecological balance previously in place (cane toads into australia as an example of purposeful introduction, or zebra mussels into the great lakes as an accidental one, small pox into the new world accidental then used maliciously on the North American indians. )

Now how is this find going to help the economy and the starving children?

OK, So whats the National Aeronautics and Space Administration doing under the ice
in Antarctica ?? Could it have anything to do with Washington’s fraudulent global
warming agenda ?

Only God can create this creature, stop trying to think with science. It doesn’t make sense.

There it was just swimming along minding it’s own business and it get plucked out of it’s home and ends up on top of the ice with God knows how many idiots with glasses and pocket protectors (under thier parkas) staring down at it with their mouths open watching WHILE IT DIES !!!
What a life altering discovery. Now the hundreds of thousands of starving people or those dying from horrible diseases can rest easy!
Science has prevailed.

I always thought NASA was just about Space, now at least I know where my tax payer dollars are going to find a new shrimp cocktail , dont worry about AIDS cures or feeding the third world this is far more important.

It was probably an imperfection on the expensive camera we taxpayers footed the bill for and NASA called it a shrimp?!

Great. Now we can spend millions of dollars to search frozen moons for shrimp. Think about that next time you see a telethon.

I THINK THAT IT’S GREAT THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LIFE FORM ON OUR PLANET.LET’S LEAVE IT ALONE.BECAUSE IT MAY BE DEADLY TO SOME OF THESE SO CALLED HUMANS.ON SECOND THOUGHT?????

Bubba Gump already called out “ice shelf shrimp” in the movie… n-ice try NASA

Maybe if they didn’t drill so many holes in the ice it would slow down the melting of the ice caps?

Nasa spends money on this and the census B spends millions on advertising to send in your Census???? We got a letter (and so did you) just to tell us that the Census B is sending the Census!?!?! wonder what the cost of sending every American a letter telling them they are going to get a letter was?

So you are saying that “science” was wrong about where life can live. Is there a possibility that “science” is wrong about the causes of climate change? Tell me it ain’t so!

Though, to be fair, the article is a bit shy on some details (why is the research being done? was anything else found?) and there are a good number of responses also upholding the importance of scientific exploration. However, we don’t want those people to Get Off The Internet. Just the dumb ones.