Re: Planetary Protection Officer

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, rec.arts.sf.written, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: Planetary Protection Officer
Date	2017-08-04 17:14 +1000
Message-ID	<euil6fF7n9lU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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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.

Europa is of special concern because it is almost certainly a liquid 
water ocean covered by ice, and might conceivably be some kind of life 
there.

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 Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2017-08-05 13:57 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-08-05 14:48 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2017-08-05 15:14 -0700
                Re: Planetary Protection Officer MaryK <nobody@invalid.com> - 2017-08-05 20:09 -0500
                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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