starship-design: germs in space

[Curtis Manges <clmanges@yahoo.com>]

Say, you recall some mention here recently of alien viruses or
whatever, and how they might like us (for dinner) or not?

Well, it looks like we'd better be careful out there . . .

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/23jan_cellwars.htm?list503653

I was going to try to get some comfort from the notion that they'd
probably not like us. Things are amazingly complex at the cellular
level, and a few molecules difference in transmitters, receptors,
etc., and you've just got nothing going on, and I think this would be
a likely scenario.

It might not stay that way, though; those things usually display very
high rates of reproduction, which means they can evolve faster, and
they're probably almost as opportunistic as we are.

We'll need our immune systems to be in better shape, not worse.

Watch those biofilters, folks, and keep looking up.

Curtis

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