5 ms·
There Are Plants and Animals on the Moon Now (Because of China)
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- flatfilefan 8y agoIt was predominantly inhabited by robots before and that’s still true for Mars.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoSo, while we make sure we don't create a super bacteria outside Earth. They almost do it on purpose to have "colonizing" data. Kinda big difference
- zamadatix 8y agoVs full human colonies in the future anyways? I've never heard "make sure we don't create a super bacteria outside Earth" as a reason we bother, just that we don't want to contaminate other bodies yet.
- flukus 8y agoThe US also put animals inside sealed containers on the moon, the only difference is they all left. Creating a super bacteria is more of a concern in habitable ecosystems though.
- FlyMoreRockets 8y agoThe lunar night is two weeks long and it dips down to -173 degrees C. I suppose it is too much to hope for that they'll be able to keep these samples alive for very long.