Quote Originally Posted by Ramses II CP View Post
In theory life could exist almost anywhere, but the kind of life we could most easily recognize and potentially utilize is very likely based on the presence of some form of liquid water. Also if you subscribe to the Solar System as an ecosystem idea then potentially all life in our neighborhood is related in one way or another, which makes it massively more likely to require water.

Hmm, the solar system as an ecosystem? Not buying that one.

Doesn't an ecosystem have to be interconnected and even interdependant? If so there would have to be space travel involved and any colonisation would have to come from another planet, the dependancy part would require constant contact. Even if this was the case there is no guarantee that the life would evolve in a common enough path to require water.

I agree that water being present gives a greater chance of life like us being present, aren't I open minded , but the way it's portrayed gives the impression that without water there can't be life.