Protect ET from Earth Microbes

[Gene Steinberg]

In the novel and movie versions of "War of the Worlds," the aliens can't be stopped, except for one thing, and that's Earth pathogens. Our stupid invaders never considered the potential dangers, and therefore didn't take steps to make sure they were protected, evidently. And what about alien pathogens and how they'd impact Earthlings, which apparently weren't considered?

And as we continue to explore other worlds, we have to consider what we bring with us:

If we want to go to Mars, we have to watch out for Earth microbes

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

Great link and technology in finding life forms in other exoplanets will get easier

 

[mike]

In the novel and movie versions of "War of the Worlds," the aliens can't be stopped, except for one thing, and that's Earth pathogens. Our stupid invaders never considered the potential dangers, and therefore didn't take steps to make sure they were protected, evidently. And what about alien pathogens and how they'd impact Earthlings, which apparently weren't considered?

And as we continue to explore other worlds, we have to consider what we bring with us:

If we want to go to Mars, we have to watch out for Earth microbes

The Cynic in me says we only do this to avoid contaminating the experiment.
The motivation is to avoid getting a false positive, not to avoid contaminating another planet with our germs.