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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	2017-08-06 15:05 +1000
Message-ID	<eunmd2FcdgjU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 6/08/2017 11:16 AM, benj wrote:
> On 8/5/2017 2:26 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> So crashing contamination into Jupiter is is fine in order to save the 
> purity of Europa? I'm sure glad we have a bunch of ethical scientists to 
> keep the universe uncontaminated by humans. Kind of reminds me of the 
> old "had to destroy the village to save it".
> 
The heat of entry into Jupiter's atmosphere would sterilize anything alive.

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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