[Interview+] Can Mars Fight Back The Contamination from Earth
BONUS PART STARTS AT 18:21
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Going to Mars means contaminating it with Earth's life. Most probably, we have already done it with our landers. But it appears, things might not be as bad as Mars could have a natural "built-in" protection against contamination. How does it work? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Corien Bakermans https://altoona.psu.edu/person/corien-bakermans-phd
📜 ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources
0:00 Intro
01:48 Fantastic Tardigrades and where to find them
03:25 Martian regolith vs life
07:13 Earth soil vs Mars regolith
09:10 Experimental setup
14:49 Contamination risks for Mars
17:13 What's next for the research
18:21 Sub-zero bacteria
25:08 Current obsessions
28:56 Final thoughts
Comments (6)
I'm probably the only one, but it's always bothered me that Fraser doesn't address his guests with a PhD as, "doctor [last name]". I don't know why. Maybe I was just raised different. If someone is a chief on a fire dept, you call them, "chief". If you meet a lieutenant from the Army, you call them "Lieutenant", until you're told to do otherwise. Those people earned those titles, whether it be with the sacrifice of blood, tears, or years. I've always appreciated for example, John Michael Godier for addressing his guests properly, at least the first time he addresses them in the interview. I'll still always support Fraser though; I'm probably just weird and old fashioned for 40 year old.
On YouTube, if you type in the time in a comment (say 23:54) it automatically becomes a hyperlink which if you click ( or touch screen) takes you to that very second on the video. Could we please have the same here 🙏
Nice that you touch on microbiomes. As the London Natural History Society Botany Section Secretary, I am deeply involved in botanical circles and know for a fact that very few people in these have any idea of plant microbiomes ( phytobiomes), even in talks at the famous Kew Gardens its a well known fact thst people generally don't know. Interesting that ancient forests that are cut down lose their phytobiomes and I am looking into recreating these by reintroducing them ( inoculating) into actively reforested areas and tree plantations. I am also the secretary of a library at the London Natural History Museum and have asked for us to obtain our first book on phytobiomes which has been approved.
Thanks for having the times given for distinct topics duscussed, makes the info so much easier to access, as if they were each a news article. Travelling on a coach again
The bottom line is that Earth life transported to Mars will hardly survive and at best just die very slowly. That probably goes for humans too.
These interviews are generally the most interesting of your videos