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Are there any plans to take samples of Desulforudis audaxviator or a colony of Tardigrade to another planet and leave it there to see if it survives?
I don’t know of any such plans. There would not be much point them taking these creatures to a hostile world like our Moon. Probably you are thinking of a relatively habitable world such as Mars. But there are international treaties that do not permit any life-forms from our planet to be taken to Mars; indeed, these agreements require that all payloads that will land on Mars are as clean a possible from biological contamination. In any case, I think the best way to study these fascinating creatures is in our laboratories on Earth, where we can simulate most of the conditions on Mars or other planets.
David Morrison
NAI Senior Scientist
October 25, 2009
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