>That makes me wonder if we could recover viable _Bacillus_ or _Clostridium_
>spores (or mold ascospores) placed there accidently or by a microbiology
>experiment. Is the Moon able to sterilize the Earthly spores?
Uh, I don't know what those are, but that just twigged an idea (or maybe
this is what you meant).
Meteorites may have carried life from Mars to Earth. The reverse is less
likely (uphill vs. downhill) but possible.
Would it be possible for the Moon to harbor meteorites holding freeze-dried
versions of extinct life from Earth? Would it have to be buried immediately
to prevent cosmic radiation from scrambling it?
Maybe when they do a remake of "Jurassic Park", this is where they will get
their "dino-DNA"?
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Sean Morgan (sean@lucifer.com)