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Alien life? Bacteria ‘that had not been there’ found on ISS hull, Russian cosmonaut says
RT.com ^
Posted on 11/28/2017 6:50:18 AM PST by BenLurkin
Living bacteria were found on the surface of the International Space Station (ISS), and they might have extraterrestrial origins, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov said. The microorganisms will be studied further on Earth.
Shkaplerov, an ISS expedition flight engineer who will take his third trip to the ISS in December as part of the Expedition 54 crew, said that scientists found living bacteria while they were taking samples from the surface of the station. Speaking to TASS, he said that the microorganisms might have come from outer space.
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However, traces of bacteria originating on Earth – from Madagascar – and plankton from the Barents Sea were earlier found during a ‘Test’ experiment in May.
Scientists explained that they got there due to the ionosphere lift phenomenon, in which substances from our planet’s surface rise to the upper atmospheric layer. Following the discovery, Russian space agency Roscosmos along with other scientists suggested raising the upper border of the biosphere to 400 kilometers from the current altitude of 20 kilometers.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: aerospace; astronomy; bacteria; barentssea; biosphere; contamination; ionosphere; ionospherelift; iss; life; madagascar; microorganisms; ohsomysteriouso; panspermia; plankton; russianpropaganda; russianstooges; russiasucks; space; spacestation; stoppostingrt; xplanets
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posted on
11/28/2017 6:50:18 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Hey, what could go wrong?
To: PetroniusMaximus
Hey, what could go wrong?
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:05:00 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Hey, what could go wrong?
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:07:11 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Ban pre-shredded cheese now! Make America Grate Again.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s the Andromeda Strain.....
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:10:14 AM PST
by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Hey, what could go wrong?
Ask Dr. Quatermass....
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:12:56 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
To: jeffc
search net for “apollo astronauts find bacteria on moon”
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:20:08 AM PST
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: tanstaafl44
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:24:37 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:29:05 AM PST
by
toast
To: BenLurkin
"..Shkaplerov, an ISS expedition flight engineer who will take his third trip to the ISS in December as part of the Expedition 54 crew, said that scientists found living bacteria while they were taking samples from the surface of the station. Speaking to TASS, he said that the microorganisms might have come from outer space.."Yeah buddy. Sounds like the beginning of a Sci-Fi B movie ta me. d;^)
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:32:49 AM PST
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
To: BenLurkin
anybody reporting this but rt.com and it might be interesting ...
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posted on
11/28/2017 9:40:12 AM PST
by
catnipman
( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: BenLurkin
Careful with that...
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posted on
11/28/2017 9:40:19 AM PST
by
Chuckster
("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
To: catnipman
TASS has an article on it.
Oh wait.....
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posted on
11/28/2017 9:43:45 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Jonah Hex
While digging a new subway line in London, a construction crew discovers first: a skeleton, then what they think is an old World War II German missile. Upon closer examination the "missile" appears to be not of this earth! Watched it as a kid in the early 70's, scared the hell out of me.
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11/28/2017 9:54:47 AM PST
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Eddie01
To: DCBryan1
The Andromeda Strain?
Nice!!
KYPD
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posted on
11/28/2017 2:14:10 PM PST
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petro45acp
(" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2017 7:50:57 PM PST
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Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
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11/30/2017 11:46:25 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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