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I wonder if there's a "control group": a tiny but identical container that goes through all the same steps. Nothing can ever be proof that it wasn't contaminate
by Aachen 4y ago
I wonder if there's a "control group": a tiny but identical container that goes through all the same steps. Nothing can ever be proof that it wasn't contaminated or a seal was broken on the real but not the control container, like, nothing will convince an Internet conspiracy theorist, but a control vessel and a handful such missions ought to prove beyond reasonable doubt that it wasn't contaminated from earth. I'm personally already willing to trust that they thought of (and controlled for) these things and more, since it's their job and we're just thinking out loud here.
- gehwartzen 4y agoI don't know how they do it but I always thought the best way would be to have the probe place them in glass ampules and seal them while still in space.