• Question: Do you think aliens exist and if so, do you think the bacteria that is causing them problems would effect us as well?

    Asked by lukario to Clare on 12 Nov 2012.
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      Clare Taylor answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      Ooh, now that’s an interesting question…! A friend of mine is an astrobiologist and he is convinced that we will find alien life. At the moment, I’m not convinced but only because I am not aware of scientific evidence that gives us an answer. People are searching and it would be amazing if they find something! So far we haven’t found any space bacteria either and if we did I have no idea if they would be harmful to us. What is really interesting is that when astronauts took some earth bacteria into space, the bacteria became more dangerous! So, I think we’d better cross our fingers and hope that if we do find aliens or space bacteria they’re not harmful to us earthlings!

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