What can the coronavirus outbreak teach us about bringing Mars samples back to Earth?

[admin]

A new virus called SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of a disease called COVID-19. But what does that have to do with Mars?

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[Stephen J. Bauer]

What it can teach us is that the first Mars colonists can suffer the same fate as victims of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 and 1919. Should they find life, like some an unknown bacteria or virus, it can take out the whole team.

 

[Jade Topaz]

Apollo 11's astronauts spent 21 days in isolation after the moon landing. I think we can do the same for samples brought back but even for a longer time and in a class lV biohazard containment.

 

[LisaSummit2]

What it can teach us is that the first Mars colonists can suffer the same fate as victims of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 and 1919. Should they find life, like some an unknown bacteria or virus, it can take out the whole team.

Not sure but I think he means what if we casually just bring back a lot of samples and just open them up in a lab and do not treat them as if they could be a deadly contaminant to human beings.

 

[JeetsN123]

Yeah, seem like we just need to be careful with our samples and how we treat them.