It all starts with a curiosity, bacteria on the international space station

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It all starts with a curiosity, bacteria on the international space station




In 2017 there was quite shocking news, you see Russian cosmonauts had found bacteria on the international space station, there are many bacteria on the international space station, in fact, some evolve on their own due to the conditions of weightlessness and the special conditions inside. of the international space station.


The curious thing is that the discovery of these bacteria was not made inside the international space station but in the hull of the Russian module and on the outside, he found them during a walk that was doing an analysis precisely of the exterior of the Russian module and the researchers Russians know perfectly well that these bacteria were not there during the launch of the module in 2000, the question was how they arrived.


In the end, the investigation revealed that they had arrived at the international space station with the rest of the bacteria from the earth along with the astronauts' equipment, etc., but the amazing thing about the matter is why they went outside and why they settled comfortably in the space. exterior, in the hull of the Russian module and this can be repeated to other ships that we send to explore the cosmos.


That bacteria colonize the outside of the ships or more or less protected structures that may be on the ships and end up reaching Mars, the moon Europa, Enceladus and end up colonizing those places if they come into contact with liquid water, for example, that is why protocols must be taken.




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