Clarification: I’m not talking about sex. I’m talking about biological exposition.
Life is already unpredictable. We can take some safety measures, but we cant pretend that not doing this particular thing is going to keep our history under control. We dont have anything under control.
No no, you are talking about sex, hehe
It would go exactly like in many (bad) movies, Yolo! (seriously.)
Isn’t it also possible that their biology would be different enough that there would be basically no interaction ? 🤷🏻♀
I don’t think we have any micro-organisms that would be particularly dangerous to silicon-based life, for example, if we did I’d expect it would be a problem already for our computers and everything made of glass ?
What does that life taste like? Someone will figure out how to prepare a dish that is truly out of this world.
On the other hand, the two biologies could be so different from each other that they don’t interact at all.
This is an interesting idea. If neither biologies used the same fuel molecules then they wouldn’t compete for resources, but perhaps they would compete for space? But then if both biologies were that different from each other would they be able to even live in the same environment?
The sci-fi book Children of Ruin (sequel to Children of Time) covers this somewhat. There humans encounter a planet with a breathable atmosphere but with a toxic environment that slowly kills them.
I’ve read that one, it was quite good.
We are human, we have done almost this exact thing for thousands of years and leave ecosystem devastation in our wake.
People with rockets would absolutely go down to that planet without a second thought.
Sometimes I think about how so many of us look up at the stars and wonder “if there really are aliens out there, why aren’t they colonizing the galaxy as fast as possible, as any intelligent species would naturally do?” like it’s the thing just anyone looking at the stars might think. we might be the horrifying biomechanical paperclip maximizer that the other aliens in the galaxy have to band together to defeat or face extermination.
Yep i would expect them to send the blankets down from orbit first.
intergalactic tour guide: now if you look to your left, you’ll see the natural habitats of the Xpheno217 species. This is the only location in the whole universe they can live. And to your right, a brand new residential community fit with Walmart and their very own Chick-fil-A.
I’m sorry. I can’t let you do that.
we could never set a foot on it
I’m not talking about sex
It’s ok Quentin.
That won’t stop humanity. I’ve seen enough movies to know that a man-eating crazy alien monster infestation isn’t enough to keep people off some rock they found.
And they’ll bring that shit home too.
And they’ll bring that shit home too.
Of course, why would you leave your new significant other in outerspace?
More importantly the most advanced labs are on earth. Would you leave something so dangerous to a second rate lab?
Read the book Children of Ruin
Fuck reading just the one. Read the whole series. So very much worth it.
That’s why this is done: https://www.nasa.gov/ames/space-biosciences/planetary-protection/
I realize you were probably talking about visiting other worlds in person, but we would probably still have unmanned missions there first.
NASA is funny. They are always searching for signs of life, past or present, on planets in our system when they can send a lander of some sort. But, if there is a spot where there actually might be a chance of life existing, they avoid it because of the minuscule chance of some bacteria on any rover contaminating the area.
We’ll look for signs of life where it’s hard to find and avoid the areas where there might be a better chance of it.
NASA has been doing the sterilization I listed above for decades now; it’s not new.
Can you give some examples (preferably with references) of where NASA (or ESA, etc) have avoided areas due to fear of contamination?
Sure we can. Just send a few people to test the waters first.
And risk wiping the life on that planet? Considering something like that happened to native population in America, I guess people don’t care.
Yo what world you been living on? Course people don’t care.
*'cause
The dude commented on my comment with “No”, then deleted it.
Oh now you want to let it go huh? Someone deletes something 1 minute after posting and you think that needs to be broadcasted. Yet now you are quiet? Kinda weird.
Cause I didn’t think it was worth arguing. But shit if you want to. Nope. Didn’t mean cause.
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But how else am I supposed to get green *Orion trader women on my arm?
If the biology is different enough, things like viruses wouldn’t easily cross between the planets. But bacteria could still probably exploit us (and them), and nothing would stop things with claws, teeth, and spikes from hurting us even if they couldn’t ultimately digest us.
Ah, drat! My one weakness! Claws! Oh, and teeth. So two weaknesses.
Oh, and spikes.
Oh, and fire.
Pointed rocks.
Long falls off of cliffs.
Ok, I have many weaknesses!
You’ll just have to come in again.
Even if the alien species had completely incompatible biology (no DNA or RNA), a human body is still a warm habitat that contains water and useful minerals. So something small would probably settle inside of us.
And our immune system couldn’t interact with it and therefore not kill it.I heard on the radio that bacteria is what killed the Martians
What are you saying? Are you saying it isn’t like in Star Trek where they can beam people down to untraveled planets and somehow still have a breathable atmosphere suitable for humans? Say it isn’t so!
