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Re:Space station mold survives 200 times the radiation dose ... by exabrial on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @11:11AM (#20344926)
I'm guessing we've already accidentally seeded other bodies in space (mars, venus, moon, various asteroids, etc) with life.
Re:Space station mold survives 200 times the radiation dose ... by JohnJamesRambo on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:17PM (#20345709)
NASA has procedures in place to wash their space going equipment with hydrogen peroxide washes. Alas strains of Bacillus pumilus have been shown to survive these washes. I had a chance to work on these strains that had been on the space station in experiments to see how they responded to radiation etc there. The resistance to hydrogen peroxide in this strain is incredible. It was so far past resistant compared to the hardiest bacterial strains in the lab that it was off the charts. Life as they say...always finds a way.
Re:Space station mold survives 200 times the radiation dose ... by moneytalks on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:44PM (#20346637)
Maybe that's how life on earth began and we would just be continuing the process.