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A research team advocates use of Earth’s moon as a secure site for biocontainment of extraterrestrial samples, particularly from Mars, but also from other exploration locales, like Enceladus, a moon of Saturn.

For more details, go to my new Space.com story – “Should we store Mars samples on the moon to keep alien germs away from Earth? – The Moon may become humanity’s first line of biological defense” — at:

 

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