read this article about salmonella taken to space!!.. whodathunkit?...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20960121/
2007-09-24 21:56:57 · 6 answers · asked by meanolmaw 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It all comes down to life and evolution etc are a product of the environment. Simmilarly if humans spent a few generations in space we would rapidly change our form. Germs being such simple lifeforms can change a lot more rapidly than us.
Look at what happened when the dinos became extinct. there was a major environmental catastrophe that meant what they were used to no longer was there and they could not thrive. So the wee lil mamals had their turn. There could be no greater change in environment than a change in gravitation effect. Given a space capsule is a balanced environment that humans can live in any other earthbound lifeform could continue to survive in space and as such this profound change in gravity will very very quickly change how microorganisms work.
2007-09-26 13:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by delprofundo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is why an ionosphere and an ozone layer are so important. The ionizing radiation available in space may have a much greater effect on mutations than we are likely to see here on earth.
2007-09-25 02:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by misoma5 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Apparently the salmonella virus becomes more virulent in micro gravity.
Its carried there by humans BTW.
2007-09-25 02:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
some thing about the closed environment ?
i don't think if germs rode here on a meteor would jump ship in mid-flight.
2007-09-24 22:07:37 · answer #4 · answered by martinmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it could be true, makes sense
2007-09-24 21:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Germs...!
In...!
Spayce....!
(In space...no one can hear you sneeze...)
2007-09-24 22:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋