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		Laaas on April 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ESA – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer: Live Launch Why do they sterilise it? Seems counter-intuitive.

Vecr on April 15, 2023 [–]

Why is it counter-intuitive? If you send microbes to another planet, it's not possible to figure out if there were any before you arrived.

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