[meteorite-list] Extremobacteria

From: Mark Ford <mark.ford_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:47:43 +0100
Message-ID: <29A9DB45B84970458190D7D39BD42C49B0F32D_at_gamma.ssl.atw>

Granted but, the moon is still a relatively sheltered place though,
nothing like deep space. Additionally Virus's have a significantly lower
cross section to cosmic radiation than bacteria do.

A few hundred days in low earth orbit is nothing like a few hundred
million years, which is about the time Martian rocks take to arrive
here, so are we any further forward in knowing the survivability of
microbes in meteorites?

It's interesting research, my only caveat is this doesn't necessarily
mean bacterial can thrive/survive long-term in [outer space].

Mark


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>>My only problem with it is we are
talking low earth orbit not the far reaches of the solar system, I'd
like to see them survive away from the protection of the earth's mag
field before I get too excited...<<

I would like to agree with you here, but to be honest, I believe it was

the surveyer moon probe that sat on the moon for a few years before an
Apollo
manned moon landing happened nearby. The astronauts removed surveyors
camera and brought it back and virus that was attached to the insides
of the
camera were revived.
GeoZay

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