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Re:A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years by visakanv on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:06AM (#11683903)
> Just have to hope there are other, undiscovered, caves like this around the globe.

But the moment we discover them...

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Re:A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years by Razengan on Thursday May 12, 2016 @01:05PM (#11685011)
Let sterile robots do the spelunking!
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Re:A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years by laursaurus on Thursday May 12, 2016 @02:52PM (#11685808)
Can they do it in the dark? We still have the Marinas trench! We have to really make an effort to contaminate that!
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Re:A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years by CWuestefeld on Friday May 13, 2016 @10:52AM (#11690721)
Is there really such a thing as a sterile robot? Chances are that our probes have carried some microscopic life to Mars already.
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Re:A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years by Razengan on Saturday May 14, 2016 @02:33AM (#11694783)
The question is, assuming that life survived space travel, can it survive there, let alone thrive?

Also, the people involved in those missions must have known about the possibility of contamination. Do they take no steps against it?

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