Re: Planetary Protection Officer

At 2:02 PM +0200 7/16/02, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
>Do you know NASA actually has a Planetary Protection Officer whose task
>is to protect Earth from invasion by alien lifeforms ?

Probably not a bad idea....Haven't you seen the Andromeda Strain?!

I'd hate to think that there was life (toe hold) on Europa until a 
hardy species of anerobic bacteria from earth hitched a ride on a 
probe and wiped it out.

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