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Neat, but I wish he had explicitly stated that he controlled for kit contamination. It doesn't sound like he did. Perhaps the collectors had bacteria on then wh
by 88e282102ae2e5b 11y ago
Neat, but I wish he had explicitly stated that he controlled for kit contamination. It doesn't sound like he did. Perhaps the collectors had bacteria on then when they went up, then the combination of low pressure and UV light made them look weird, and voilà: "alien" microbes. Claiming that you work in a clean room and are careful isn't enough, you have to have negative controls.
- 88e282102ae2e5b 11y agoCorrection: according to the actual paper they did do a control flight, though it was separate from the experimental flights. This makes it somewhat more interesting though it would have been better if it was done simultaneously in the same device.
- larsiusprime 11y agoI would like to know the reasoning behind the hypothesis that earth based life can't reach into the stratosphere?
- mabbo 11y agoWatch the video. He explains that exact question in great detail.
- antiquark 11y agoAlthough he forgot about satellite and launch vehicle contamination bringing particles into orbit.
- 88e282102ae2e5b 11y agoIt seems to come down to him wanting it to be true.
- amelius 11y agoHis main point is that the detected objects are not Earth-life-like.