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Living Bacteria "From OUTER!!! Space" Have Been Found on The OUTSIDE!!! of The ISS
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/...space-station/
Scientists find living bacteria from OUTER!!! space on ISS satellite’s surface
TASS: Science & Space - Scientists find living bacteria from outer space on ISS satellite?s surface
Living Bacteria "From OUTER!! Space" Have Been Found on The OUTSIDE!! of The ISS
https://www.sciencealert.com/living-...iss-alien-life
In an interview with TASS (yes, the Russian media let this alien cat out of the bag, NASA), cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, busy preparing for his third trip to the International Space Station on December 17th, revealed that during his previous 365 days in space he encountered what he describes as life that was not brought to the ISS by humans or floated up on its own but has “come from outer space.”
Shkaplerov explained that he and other cosmonauts out on spacewalks used sterile cotton swabs to collect samples from the outer skin of the space station, especially from remote and obscure places where other spacewalkers haven’t looked before (hear that, NASA?). Wow. How did they determine that what they swabbed was some sort of alien bacteria?
“After that, the samples were sent back to Earth.”
Ahhhh! Really?
“They are being studied so far and it seems that they pose no danger.”
Key words in cosmonaut Shkaplerov’s statement: “so far” and “it seems.” Yes, bacteria samples have been found on the outside of the ISS before – that’s how researchers found terrestrial bacteria that reached space via some sort of ionospheric lift and survived the vacuum and severe temperature shifts of space for years. They’ve also studied microorganisms inside the ISS and observed that space can cause them to mysteriously shape-shift, making them hardier. According to Dr. Luis Zea, one of the researchers:
“We knew bacteria behave differently in space and that it takes higher concentrations of antibiotics to kill them.”
All the more reason to keep them in space rather than on Earth, right?
Why hasn’t NASA said anything about this? Does it know all about the alleged alien bacteria and was planning to keep it quiet? There are American and international astronauts onboard the ISS and Cosmonaut Shkaplerov himself worked at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from April–October 2007 as Director of Operations for the Russian Space Agency. Now he’s returning to the space station with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
What will Shkaplerov be looking for on this mission? Is he taking bigger cotton swabs? Stronger antibiotics? Petri dishes with tougher locks? Phasers?
Scientists on board the International Space Station (ISS) have discovered living bacteria clinging to the orbital facility's external surface, according to a prominent Russian cosmonaut.
Anton Shkaplerov, who will return to the ISS next month, says cotton swabs wiped over the exterior of the station's Russian segment revealed an unidentified life-form that has already been sent back to Earth for scientific analysis.
"[I]t turns out that somehow these swabs reveal bacteria that were absent during the launch of the ISS module," Shkaplerov told Russian news agency TASS.
"That is, they have come from outer space and settled along the external surface. They are being studied so far and it seems that they pose no danger."
According to Shkaplerov, the samples were taken during extravehicular activity, probing obscure areas around the ISS exterior and places where fuel waste accumulates from discharge of the station's engines.
What makes the discovery potentially exciting is that at present we've been given no explanation for just how the organisms got there – nor what exactly they are.
Given the ambiguous nature of Shkaplerov's comments, many media observers are speculating this could be the first known "proof of alien life".
But before we get over-excited here, there are some good reasons to think the bacteria probably aren't extraterrestrial visitors.
This is not the first time Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has claimed to have found evidence of microbes on the outside of the ISS - but all former discoveries ended up having an earthly origin.
Earlier in the year, Russian cosmonauts detailed the findings of an extensive experiment lasting between 2010 and 2016, in which swabs were taken from outside the ISS and later analysed.
The samples revealed a number of different microorganisms, including a kind of bacterial sea plankton and a type of soil microbe usually found on the island of Madagascar.
As for how these land- and sea-dwelling organisms find their way into space and end up hitchhiking a ride on the ISS, Russian researchers have suggested the voyage could be made via ionosphere lift – in which rising air currents transport matter to the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere.
Of course, another hypothesis is that the ISS exterior just got contaminated somehow from people, equipment, or crafts launched from Earth to the station.
This wouldn't be too surprising, given the station is said to be riddled with germs and microbe colonies due to all the different astronauts and cosmonauts that have lived within the facility over the years.
Figuring out how stowaway bacteria like this handles life in space is an important area of research – given the implications for future human exploration of the Solar System – and especially since we already know at least some kinds of dangerous bugs actually seem to thrive in microgravity.
Until further analysis of the new bacteria found on the ISS is complete, we won't know what it is, and won't be able to hypothesise on how it got there.
But given these things is already here on Earth and being tested, we're likely to get our answers soon. Stay tuned.