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"spacecraft will probably have to steer clear of them unless the craft are carefully sterilized" Question: How could they still be carrying live earth bacteria
by thret 13y ago
"spacecraft will probably have to steer clear of them unless the craft are carefully sterilized"
Question: How could they still be carrying live earth bacteria after the trip? What kind of sterilization is going to be more effective than interplanetary travel?
- gdw2 13y agoThere was a post on HN a little while back about the possibility of a large earth impact event sending debris into space which would take life from earth to Saturn's moon. I guess some single-celled organisms are very resilient.