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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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[โ€“] oDDmON 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Would say, be very careful about bringing back any samples.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I suspect that any Martian microbes would be poorly adapted for living in Earth conditions. Accidentally contaminating Mars with Earth microbes is probably a greater concern.