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Earth and Mars are also close enough to have seeded each other: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_meteorite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_meteorite
by rlpb 8y ago
Earth and Mars are also close enough to have seeded each other: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_meteorite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_meteorite
- starbeast 8y agoGiven the amount of waterbears and the fact that they are small enough to get blown off the top of the atmosphere by solar winds, I suspect that perhaps one waterbear per century has the conditions to briefly wake up on Mars and wonder what the hell is going on before dying.
- 8fingerlouie 8y agoConsidering that they can survive the vacuum of space, 1000 times more radiation than other animals, few days at -200C (30 years at -20C), and they can be dehydrated for 10 years, i'd say they'd probably briefly wake up, wonder what the hell is going on, then doze off in a 30+ year hibernation state.