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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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