This should make scientists wary of bringing back soil samples from mars. We know that Mars used to be a wet world with a thick atmosphere capable of supporting life billions of years ago. it is entirely possible that single-cell organisms have managed to similarly adapt to the increasingly harsh condition of the martian enviroment and could be potentially dangerous.
And Lord only knows what kind of bacteria we can bring back from Uranus
yes it had to be said by an immature simplistic moron who couldn’t pass it up. And I was just the guy!
During the Apollo program, astronauts brought back pieces of a lunar probe that had been there for a year or more.
It was on the order of a kilometer away from the landing zone, and the dust kicked up by the descent engine sand-blasted the exposed side clean.
Any way, NASA was able to revitalize staph bacteria from the retrieved pieces that survived the launch, trip, landing, and the heating and cooling on the lunar surface.
Bacteria that was originally and inadvertently deposited during the manufacture and handling before the probe’s launch.
That led to the pre-launch decom practices and testing for any future space probes.
We should bring back Mars bugs because at least it might give reason as to the stupid lockdowns and masks people are being forced to wear.