Ethylene oxide. Rosie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "metlist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:51 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] sterilizing that probe...!
> Hi, > Somewhat off-topic I know but... I have been trying to figure out how one > can sterilize these various Mars probes, knowing how tenacious life can seem > to be. > Surely NASA cannot be seen to contaminate the (potential) Martian biosphere > and there is a lot of hardware that needs to be quite literally 100% > sterile - otherwise, how would one know whether or not the signatures of > life that may be found were not terrestrial in origin? > How on Earth does one sterilize Mylar, for example? > > Unknowledgebly yours > > > > dave > > IMCA #0092 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
