G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
nightbat I'm not worried about Darla catching the bird flu. They are
much to clever for that to happen. They would not land on any planet
before testing it for viruses,and bacterial infections first. That would
be their first specimen probe. TreBert


I think that the bacteria and virus issue will be a big impediment to
aliens visiting us or for us to visit other inhabited planets. To
expose yourself to the environment of an alien planet would be like
your taking a swim in a cesspool! Remember the epidemics such as
smallpox that decimated the Indian populations after they came into
contact with explorers from Europe? They had never come into contact
with those microbes before and therefore their bodies had no defense
against them. The Europeans carried back some bugs with them to Europe
too, such as syphilis. Montezuma's revenge!

Double-A