theperfectmarysuekiller wrote:
However, there is no air pressure on the moon and the temperature is either -230~-240 Fahrenheit.
The surface temperature on the Moon fluctuates between -240F at night and +250F in the day. There's a big range for the creatures to find workable play time somewhere in there.
So, exactly how is it possible that these alien creatures survived in these conditions?
Life finds a way. Mutations allow some creatures to survive situations and conditions that others cannot. Look at the wild range of conditions that lifeforms have evolved to handle and even thrive in on Earth: extreme heat, extreme cold, extreme light, absolute darkness, otherwise noxious gases, extreme water pressure, etc. It's mindboggingly bizarre. And yet it's very, very real.
Consider how whales gulp oxygen up on the surface and then dive to extreme low depths for an hour or more: traveling, hunting, mating, fighting, etc. They collect whatever breathing gas that they need (in this case air) inside their bodies, and then take it along for the ride with them as they go about their business. They don't have to breathe continuously.
Perhaps these moon creatures digest inanimate moon rocks and obtain whatever gaseous nutrients that they need, store it up within their bodies, and then they are free to travel upwards beyond the confines of the masses of lunar rock.
If so, it's dubious whether they would be able to survive the entire spaceflight back to Earth, without more moonrock for digestion/respiration.
"Moon rock. I need more moon rock. You gotta give me more moon rock, baby!"
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