Clarification: I’m not talking about sex. I’m talking about biological exposition.
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.
What does that life taste like? Someone will figure out how to prepare a dish that is truly out of this world.
we could never set a foot on it
I’m not talking about sex
It’s ok Quentin.
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 ?
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
Rishathra, actually.
They’re talking about sex 😉
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.
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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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We send a member of MAGA to explore first, then dissect them and evaluate the results on the body before exposing the general populace to the atmosphere.
Why would your first act on alien life be to launch our vilest weapons of mass destruction?
More like miners with a canary in a cage.
Have some respect for the mine. If you want to mine in a tunnel, do you first fill it with shit?
You’ve clearly never been in a coal mine. 😂
Do…do you poop in your coal mines to fill them before digging?
You poop before you scoop? Defecate before you excavate? Drop your load before you tunnel your road?
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?
It would go exactly like in many (bad) movies, Yolo! (seriously.)
No we will, the bigger question is if one of the parties will have sex or dinner.
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!
