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Bacteria & Titan
Here's a thought which crossed my mind whilst reading up on the Apollo
missions. I read that one Apollo mission retrieved a camera from the moon left behind by a previous mission. Upon examination the camera was found to have bacteria which was still viable and that bacteria was earthly. Seems that it had survived several years in the airless enviroment of the moon for several years. Now here's the thing, does anyone know how well and if Huygens was cleaned up before being allowed to go to Titan? It strikes me that if the moon story is true, there has to be a fair bet that surviving bacteria landing on Titan stands a reasonable chance of surviving and/or mutating in the Titan atmosphere and ultimately prospering. Who can predict the outcome of such an event. Similarily, what about all those probes, succesful and otherwise we bombard Mars with. Any links to knowlegable sources would be welcome. I thank you. |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:16:14 +0000 (UTC), "Canuck"
wrote: Here's a thought which crossed my mind whilst reading up on the Apollo missions. I read that one Apollo mission retrieved a camera from the moon left behind by a previous mission. Upon examination the camera was found to have bacteria which was still viable and that bacteria was earthly. Seems that it had survived several years in the airless enviroment of the moon for several years. Now here's the thing, does anyone know how well and if Huygens was cleaned up before being allowed to go to Titan? See 'No bugs please, this is a clean planet!': http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/obj...objectid=30313 - Mike |
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"Mike Murphy" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:16:14 +0000 (UTC), "Canuck" wrote: Here's a thought which crossed my mind whilst reading up on the Apollo missions. I read that one Apollo mission retrieved a camera from the moon left behind by a previous mission. Upon examination the camera was found to have bacteria which was still viable and that bacteria was earthly. Seems that it had survived several years in the airless enviroment of the moon for several years. Now here's the thing, does anyone know how well and if Huygens was cleaned up before being allowed to go to Titan? See 'No bugs please, this is a clean planet!': http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/obj...objectid=30313 - Mike |
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your thinking of Surveyor 3 and Apollo 12
the pieces Apollo 12 brought back you can see in the Smithsonian in Washington DC "Canuck" wrote in message ... Here's a thought which crossed my mind whilst reading up on the Apollo missions. I read that one Apollo mission retrieved a camera from the moon left behind by a previous mission. Upon examination the camera was found to have bacteria which was still viable and that bacteria was earthly. Seems that it had survived several years in the airless enviroment of the moon for several years. Now here's the thing, does anyone know how well and if Huygens was cleaned up before being allowed to go to Titan? It strikes me that if the moon story is true, there has to be a fair bet that surviving bacteria landing on Titan stands a reasonable chance of surviving and/or mutating in the Titan atmosphere and ultimately prospering. Who can predict the outcome of such an event. Similarily, what about all those probes, succesful and otherwise we bombard Mars with. Any links to knowlegable sources would be welcome. I thank you. |
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As I understood it the microbes on the Apollo craft were dormant for all
their time outside Earth's atmosphere. Given how cold Titan is, I would presume that any Earth life (outside any future artificial biosphere!) able to survive would be dormant there as well. "Canuck" wrote in message ... Here's a thought which crossed my mind whilst reading up on the Apollo missions. I read that one Apollo mission retrieved a camera from the moon left behind by a previous mission. Upon examination the camera was found to have bacteria which was still viable and that bacteria was earthly. Seems that it had survived several years in the airless enviroment of the moon for several years. Now here's the thing, does anyone know how well and if Huygens was cleaned up before being allowed to go to Titan? It strikes me that if the moon story is true, there has to be a fair bet that surviving bacteria landing on Titan stands a reasonable chance of surviving and/or mutating in the Titan atmosphere and ultimately prospering. Who can predict the outcome of such an event. Similarily, what about all those probes, succesful and otherwise we bombard Mars with. Any links to knowlegable sources would be welcome. I thank you. |
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In message , Andy
writes "Canuck" wrote in message ... Here's a thought which crossed my mind whilst reading up on the Apollo missions. I read that one Apollo mission retrieved a camera from the moon left behind by a previous mission. Upon examination the camera was found to have bacteria which was still viable and that bacteria was earthly. Seems that it had survived several years in the airless enviroment of the moon for several years. your thinking of Surveyor 3 and Apollo 12 the pieces Apollo 12 brought back you can see in the Smithsonian in Washington DC Isn't there some doubt about whether the bacteria were originally on the camera? They might have been from the astronauts. Did the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) yield any bacteria? -- Support the DEC Tsunami Appeal http://www.dec.org.uk/. Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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