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Re: Planetary Protection Officer

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: Planetary Protection Officer
Date	2017-08-05 16:26 +1000
Message-ID	<eul6p5FpjloU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 5/08/2017 2:35 AM, Serg io wrote:
> On 8/4/2017 2:14 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 4/08/2017 5:07 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> Sylvia Else wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 3/08/2017 2:34 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
>>>>> The Starmaker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/474414000
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nasa Is Hiring a Planetary Protection Officer to Save Earth from 
>>>>> Aliens
>>>>>
> 
>>>>> http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-hiring-planetary-protection-officer-save-earth-aliens-645254 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looks like neither you, nor Newsweek, are capable of reading a clear
>>>> description of what the job is actually about.
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>>
>>> The job description title is clear..
>>>
>>> "Planetary Protection Officer"
>>>
>>>
>>> The question is..."Protection" from What????
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you answer that Mrs. Else?
>>>
>>
>> The responsibility is to protect the planets and moons of the Solar 
>> System from microbiological contamination by NASA's space probes.
> 
> impossable to do that if it lands on it.  all things manufactured 
> already have microbio contamination on them, as soon as exposed to air.
> 
> the only way is lots of hard radiation

Well, for example, Galileo was deliberately crashed into Jupiter to 
avoid any possibility of its contaminating Europa after it can no longer 
control its orbit.

Ensuring that any future landing on Europa won't risk contamination will 
likely be one of the responsibilities of the appointee.

Sylvia.

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Planetary Protection Officer  The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-02 09:29 -0700
  Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-02 09:34 -0700
    Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-02 09:47 -0700
      Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-02 10:10 -0700
      Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-02 15:54 -0700
        Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-03 10:03 -0700
          Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-03 10:53 -0700
          Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-03 11:06 -0700
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-03 11:11 -0700
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer "Bast" <fakename@nomail.invalid> - 2017-08-03 20:50 -0400
              Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-03 20:50 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer "Bast" <fakename@nomail.invalid> - 2017-08-04 09:36 -0400
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-04 23:21 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer "Bast" <fakename@nomail.invalid> - 2017-08-05 04:37 -0400
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 14:48 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 18:13 -0700
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 10:16 -0700
    Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-04 14:00 +1000
      Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-04 00:07 -0700
        Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-04 17:14 +1000
          Re: Planetary Protection Officer Serg io <invalid@invalid.com> - 2017-08-04 11:35 -0500
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-04 17:12 +0000
              Re: Planetary Protection Officer Serg io <invalid@invalid.com> - 2017-08-04 12:51 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-04 18:39 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-04 18:41 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-04 23:18 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-05 10:09 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-05 09:08 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-05 14:19 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-05 10:46 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-05 15:51 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 09:41 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-06 10:49 +0200
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-04 23:23 -0700
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-05 16:26 +1000
              Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-05 10:55 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-06 10:58 +0200
              Re: Planetary Protection Officer benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-08-05 21:16 -0400
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-06 15:05 +1000
          Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-04 17:36 +0000
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-05 16:22 +1000
              Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-05 11:37 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-05 21:56 +1000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-05 09:11 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Otten Schneijders <jii@pouartj.op> - 2017-08-05 15:16 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-05 11:05 -0500
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-06 10:53 +0200
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Ustine Bertrand <ufu@ywwerw.su> - 2017-08-06 09:33 +0000
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-06 13:38 +0200
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 10:04 -0700
          Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-04 23:15 -0700
            Re: Planetary Protection Officer Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-08-05 16:30 +1000
  Nine year old kid applies for Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 13:28 -0700
    Re: Nine year old kid applies for Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 18:23 -0700

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