- **Momentum-exchange tether architecture**: A pellet-based scheme was proposed in which satellites first impart orbital momentum to high-speed ferromagnetic pellets, then decelerate the pellets to near-zero velocity relative to Earth so they can act as stationary anchors for space-elevator tethers, eliminating repeated atmospheric re-entry losses.

- **Electromagnetic pellet relay for lossless power transfer**: The same pellet stream can be threaded through magnetic coils to convert kinetic energy into electricity and back, creating a “lossless ping-pong” system for both power and momentum exchange between spacecraft without physical contact.

- **Template-independent DNA synthesis engineering**: Discussion converged on heavily engineering Terminal deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT) as the most viable route to enzymatic de-novo DNA synthesis, favoring it over error-prone polymerases because TdT naturally adds untemplated nucleotides and has a recent evolutionary origin tied to V(D)J recombination.

- **Specific TdT mutagenic targets identified**: Literature shows that single-residue substitutions (e.g., Polµ Arg387→Lys403) can increase untemplated additions 10–100×, while regulatory proteins TdiF1/2 modulate activity ±4×, giving clear levers for directed-evolution or rational-design campaigns.

- **Collaborative polymerase mechanism document**: A shared Google Doc was started to crowd-source detailed sections on polymerase mechanisms, with the Colwiz citation plugin recommended for automated reference management.

- **Ocean biomass and viral turnover estimates**: Rough calculations compiled for ~10²⁷ bacterial cells and ~10³⁰ virus particles in the oceans, with viruses lysing ~40 % of bacteria daily; these figures are intended to bound DNA turnover rates for large-scale environmental sequencing or synthesis projects.

- **Debate over daily bacterial mortality claim**: Participants questioned the biological plausibility that viruses destroy ~4 × 10²⁶ bacterial cells per day, noting that sustaining such losses would require ocean bacteria to divide roughly once daily despite severe nutrient limitation, highlighting major gaps in marine microbiology data.

- **Request for polymerase citation**: A specific reference was sought to support the assertion (found in a “polymerase draft”) that DNA polymerase activity effectively replaces the entire oceanic bacterial DNA pool each day, excluding extracellular DNA.