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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Unknown process is destroying Mars rocks (youtu.be)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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.