Microbial Hitchhikers: Contamination Risks on the Moon and Mars

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary by Stuart Gary

Aug 28, 202635:05Science & Medicine

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 103 *Warnings that some Earth microbes could contaminate the Moon NASA says some of Earth's microbes hitching a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannie...

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