'If there’s even a very small chance of that happening, we can’t afford it.'
. Some researchers even say that NASA and other space organizations aren’t doing enough to safeguard against the possibility of extraterrestrial infections.
This is all a part of the burgeoning field of "invasion science," which explores how organisms on one planet can infect another. "What I would say is that, given that there are now concrete plans in place to explore new areas that could have extant life — these pose a new set of risks that were not in play before," Anthony Ricciardi, a professor of invasion ecology at McGill University, told"Invasion science has been applied to biosecurity at national and international levels," he added.
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