Thursday, December 6, 2007

Idea of Mars Mission Part of Inspiration for Experiment That Will Test the Effects of Space on Bacteria

Experiments to take place soon at the International Space Station will be aimed at discovering what happens to bacteria when they are in outer space. Part of the reasoning behind these experiments will be to discover what might happen if life-detection equipment for Mars became contaminated. It will be important to know whether or not life found on Mars actually originated there or if it came from Earth.

Source:
http://news.ufl.edu/2007/12/05/germs/

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