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So on some future space mining trip to the moon, these will some how get picked up, then after their long sleep, and some mutations from cosmic rays, will start

So on some future space mining trip to the moon, these will some how get picked up, then after their long sleep, and some mutations from cosmic rays, will start taking out the crew one by one?

Ygg2 3y ago
No. Mutation doesn't imply it just morphed for dramatic purposes.
- benj111 3y ago
  What if it got radioactive and then bit one of the crew who took on tardigrade qualities, and started taking out the crew? Or maybe a transporter incident where the tardigrades DNA merged with a humans, and it started taking out the crew? Or 25th century Meta started secret experiments on Luna tardigrades and decided they wanted to test their new weapon on the unsuspecting crew of some old transport ship?
  - ionwake 3y ago
    I too am waiting for ygg2s’ answers as he seems knowledgable on the subject
    - Ygg2 3y ago
      Wait, no more.
      - dctoedt 3y ago
        > Wait, no more. Commas matter -- e.g., "No more tequila" vs. "No, more tequila."
        Ygg2 3y ago
        Does it change meaning in this case? Wait. Drama Pause. No more. Usually Grammarly catches these errors, but it doesn't work on HN for some idiotic reason.
  - Ygg2 3y ago
    What if you got bitten by slightly irradiated mosquito? Nothing. Yeah, this isn't a Marvel comic. Best case scenario, tardigrades develop to feed on people. Since they are microscopic they get to compete with other of our parasites. Huzzah.
    - benj111 3y ago
      My replies weren't entirely serious. The parent paraphrased Jurassic park so I think I'm allowed to reference other scifi tropes. I don't think that's the 'best' case. Dinosaurs evolved from simpler things than tardigrades so if we mess up this planet enough that we have to leave and only the tardigrades survive, our offspring could return to find giant tardigrade type things that eat our not so human children. Or we could time travel forward to that time. The choice of delorean, TARDIS or some kind of planet of the apes time travel, I leave up to you.

So on some future space mining trip to the moon, these will some how get picked up, then after their long sleep, and some mutations from cosmic rays, will start taking out the crew one by one?

Ygg2 3y ago

No. Mutation doesn't imply it just morphed for dramatic purposes.

benj111 3y ago
What if it got radioactive and then bit one of the crew who took on tardigrade qualities, and started taking out the crew? Or maybe a transporter incident where the tardigrades DNA merged with a humans, and it started taking out the crew? Or 25th century Meta started secret experiments on Luna tardigrades and decided they wanted to test their new weapon on the unsuspecting crew of some old transport ship?
- ionwake 3y ago
  I too am waiting for ygg2s’ answers as he seems knowledgable on the subject
  - Ygg2 3y ago
    Wait, no more.
    - dctoedt 3y ago
      > Wait, no more. Commas matter -- e.g., "No more tequila" vs. "No, more tequila."
      - Ygg2 3y ago
        Does it change meaning in this case? Wait. Drama Pause. No more. Usually Grammarly catches these errors, but it doesn't work on HN for some idiotic reason.
- Ygg2 3y ago
  What if you got bitten by slightly irradiated mosquito? Nothing. Yeah, this isn't a Marvel comic. Best case scenario, tardigrades develop to feed on people. Since they are microscopic they get to compete with other of our parasites. Huzzah.
  - benj111 3y ago
    My replies weren't entirely serious. The parent paraphrased Jurassic park so I think I'm allowed to reference other scifi tropes. I don't think that's the 'best' case. Dinosaurs evolved from simpler things than tardigrades so if we mess up this planet enough that we have to leave and only the tardigrades survive, our offspring could return to find giant tardigrade type things that eat our not so human children. Or we could time travel forward to that time. The choice of delorean, TARDIS or some kind of planet of the apes time travel, I leave up to you.