melinthropy » space http://melinthropy.org because sometimes you just need a little melinthropy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Space Bugs! http://melinthropy.org/2007/09/25/space-bugs/ http://melinthropy.org/2007/09/25/space-bugs/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:35:03 +0000 Melinda Weathers http://melinda.theweatherses.org/2007/09/25/space-bugs/ I thought this was an interesting article about how germs that were taken into space come back stronger than germs that were not taken into space.

So are we more susceptible to germs while we’re in space than we are here? Does our gravity actually help keep germs weaker than they would be in low-grav environments? Should astronauts be quarantined when they come back? Is our entire civilization going to one day be destroyed by… SPACE BUGS??? (Or have I been reading too much sci-fi?)

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