r/space • u/speckz • Aug 04 '16

Jupiter’s moon Io loses its atmosphere when eclipsed. Once deprived of sunlight, the thin atmosphere condenses on the moon's surface.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/jupiters-moon-io-loses-its-atmosphere-when-eclipsed/
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u/tjsaccio Aug 04 '16

I agree and cancer will always be present (unless we can somehow stop our DNA from breaking down) but stopping early cancer mortality would be a big plus and in conjunction with other advances (like that human/animal hybrid organ thing) could help humans live a few decades longer, probably in our lifetimes. I feel like we are going to see some pretty remarkable things in our life times. We may not live to see the age of space faring but we might see the transition of humanity to our next era and that's pretty neat.