That is rediculous

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That is rediculous

R.L. — 9/9/2004 4:44:41 AM (archived)

Anyone that believes that there is a danger is ignorant on biology and space conditions. I cannot tell you how many times I have had to take on the tired inane theory by Hoyle that flu epedimics come froms space. THAT IS STUPID! An alien virus would not be able to infect a earth organism... Viruses evolve with their hosts in a constant battle- they hijack our unique genetic code and use it to reproduce. An alien virus wouldnt know what to do with our genetic code.

Think about it- virus transmission between humans is common... between humans and chimps it can happen, between humans and pigs, it happens a lot... between humans and avians, much more rare but can happen... between humans and fish, maybe it happens but its so rare I havent heard of it... between humans and sea cucumbers doubt it happens... between humans and ameoba no...

We are far less alien to an ameoba than the 'space virus' would be to us....

As for pathogenic bacteria from space it would not survive the radiation long enough to get to our neighborhood.

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Genesis just augered in. - et - 9/8/2004 4:00:13 PM
- Genesis Mission Status Update - SteveS - 9/9/2004 2:01:03 AM
- From the Genesis site - SteveS - 9/8/2004 11:23:17 PM
  - Correction;Space Today site (n/t) - SteveS - 9/9/2004 12:45:31 AM
- Looks like the ground is wet around it. - REB - 9/8/2004 8:16:44 PM
- Pretty good writeup in the New York Times - Larry J - 9/8/2004 7:31:27 PM
  - Anybody know what the explosive was? - et - 9/8/2004 7:47:28 PM
    - Next question: hardware similarities with Stardust? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/8/2004 8:11:48 PM
      - Good question, I'm sure it will be an issue of some interest in the next year. - et - 9/8/2004 8:30:32 PM
        
        If the chute don't open, it might still be salvagible. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:32:30 PM
- Post mortem newsconference in 10 min (2:30 EST) (n/t) - et - 9/8/2004 6:20:36 PM
- re: The near future - Raoul - 9/8/2004 5:59:37 PM
  - It takes only one problem. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:36:15 PM
- Genesis had a battery problem at or soon after launch - pwokenyaw - 9/8/2004 5:30:45 PM
  - Good point, pwokenyaw - Alex R. Blackwell - 9/8/2004 6:01:02 PM
    - re: Good point, pwokenyaw - JimO - 9/8/2004 8:12:51 PM
- Drogue mortar still live? - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:54:26 PM
  - CNN says probably yes (n/t) - Daniel - 9/8/2004 5:23:16 PM
    - CNN?? - Alex R. Blackwell - 9/8/2004 5:33:24 PM
- Ditto. - REB - 9/8/2004 4:52:13 PM
- Andromeda STRAIN all over again - carl - 9/8/2004 4:42:42 PM
  - Meant in jest, but something to think about for future sample returns. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:53:33 PM
    - Not being SILLY - carl - 9/8/2004 5:09:04 PM
      - That is rediculous - R.L. - 9/9/2004 4:44:41 AM
      - Yea, you are. - et - 9/8/2004 6:13:10 PM
        
        et has a very good point... - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 8:27:46 PM
        
        Hey! Why am I turing green? - REB - 9/8/2004 8:51:04 PM
        
        Has SPACE DUST ever had a TAXI RIDE from orbit? - carl - 9/9/2004 5:07:36 PM
        
        Terminal velocity for a speck of dust is not very fast. And bigger chunks stay cold inside. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/10/2004 12:12:00 AM
- re: Genesis just augered in. - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:33:45 PM
  - Yeah, I'd call that "augered in". - Gary - 9/8/2004 4:57:38 PM
    - re: Yeah, I'd call that "augered in". - Nathan Koren - 9/8/2004 9:54:00 PM
- re: Parafoils - Raoul - 9/8/2004 4:24:46 PM
- Just heard it on the radio - Larry J - 9/8/2004 4:05:50 PM
- too bad. Not a good day for NASA (n/t) - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:05:46 PM
  - The pieces are still there. Solar samples are still there. Is it a cup half-full or half-empty? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:29:17 PM
  - Reply to question below. - et - 9/8/2004 4:33:00 PM
    - If they are Si disks like those used in the IC industry... - R.L. - 9/9/2004 7:26:06 AM
    - re: Reply to question below. - JimO - 9/8/2004 6:26:47 PM
      - I hope you didn't write this..... - et - 9/8/2004 7:32:45 PM
        
        re: I hope you didn't write this..... - JimO - 9/8/2004 8:14:29 PM
      - re: Reply to question below. - et - 9/8/2004 7:25:27 PM
        
        re: Reply to question below. - JimO - 9/8/2004 8:15:56 PM
    - Geez I hope you're right (n/t) - Daniel - 9/8/2004 4:35:47 PM
- re: Genesis just augered in. - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:04:10 PM
  - It looked like it slowed to terminal velocity. - et - 9/8/2004 4:08:34 PM
    - On NASA tv someone said 100 mph. (n/t) - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:23:57 PM
- No chute, just a tumbling areoshell.. (n/t) - et - 9/8/2004 4:01:09 PM

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