Scientists find traces of sea plankton on ISS surface
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Re: Scientists find traces of sea plankton on ISS surface
#32Duh! Dolphins. It's like these people never read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Re: Scientists find traces of sea plankton on ISS surface
#33This reminds me of a little theory in microbiology, that is that every species exists in every place. For example, if you were to build an alkaline lake in the middle of nowhere (where no alkaline lakes exists), it wouldn't take long before specific species of bacteria would colonize that lake.
That sounds suspiciously like spontaneous generation - what is the actual theory?
A Dutch researcher named Baas Becker wrote in 1934 "Everything is everywhere, but the environment selects".
Re: Scientists find traces of sea plankton on ISS surface
#34Re: Scientists find traces of sea plankton on ISS surface
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
So they also survived an impact with the orbitting station at 9 km/s? I don't think so.
If the bacteria floated up to LEO (which is very possible) the impact was likely in the meters/second range because it would have had to match the orbit closely enough. Because bacteria are so small (and the filaments they use to support the cell membrane is so strong) it would take an extreme impact to "splatter" them. Remember also that archaeic bacteria (as well as simple multicellular organisms) live on the botto…
LEO is not a place.