Question: If humans could live in space and breath normally like we do would it have a difference on what kind of bacteria's or viruses that human body would have living up there?
WOW what a question! It’s really tough to answer because we don’t know if there are any life forms in space yet, so that rules out alien microbes.
Bacteria and viruses on earth need lots of things to survive, and very different things. A lot would have to be considered to answer your question. Some bacteria can live without oxygen, but they still need other things to keep them alive which you might not find on other planets (or in space itself). Viruses don’t really survive in the environment, only inside a host, so if they had what they needed (people to carry them) then they might even be able to survive. Heaps of the bacteria and viruses would have no chance up there, because there are heaps of them that can’t even survive in different places on our own planet!
There are other scientist that said, what nonsense! The existence of microbes on Mars just can’t be real! So the lesson here is at Scientist won’t always agree! I don’t really agree with Sam all that much at the moment! 😛 sorry Sam! hehe
My view on this is, the bacteria that have a close relationship with our body, so bacteria inside of us or even on our skin might stand a chance in space and might be the same IF WE humans can live in space like we do here on Earth. The conditions that our bodies would provide the bacteria isn’t different from what we give them now. The same goes for viruses. If they are inside our body already, they I think would be happy. But again, that is IF WE remain living the way we do here! Look at astronauts, they are in out of space and they still have bacteria and viruses inside and on them! Does that count? 😉
Bacteria and viruses that are found in soil and water for example, might not survive. They need as Sam said different nutrients and conditions that space might not be able to offer them!
Very cool question 😀 a very hard one to answer that is for sure!
Wow, yeah that’s an awesome question. I think Mia’s onto something with her point about bacteria having a close relationship with our bodies. At the moment, we don’t really know of any bacteria or viruses that live in space (you probably wouldn’t catch a cold out in space!) but any little bacteria that hitched a ride in our bodies might be able to adapt to life in space! : )
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WOW what a question! It’s really tough to answer because we don’t know if there are any life forms in space yet, so that rules out alien microbes.
Bacteria and viruses on earth need lots of things to survive, and very different things. A lot would have to be considered to answer your question. Some bacteria can live without oxygen, but they still need other things to keep them alive which you might not find on other planets (or in space itself). Viruses don’t really survive in the environment, only inside a host, so if they had what they needed (people to carry them) then they might even be able to survive. Heaps of the bacteria and viruses would have no chance up there, because there are heaps of them that can’t even survive in different places on our own planet!
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What a question? Probably my favorite one so far 😀
You know a few years ago, scientist working at NASA were looking through some very old data and images from about 30 years ago that suggested that humans had found bacteria preserved in fossil on MARS! How cool is that? Life on mars! Here is one of the images that they posted https://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTsbheb6lujMLMWiyOKnBwXjtTNEENgUbe5gEfnsEIAGAK2eJowlA
There are other scientist that said, what nonsense! The existence of microbes on Mars just can’t be real! So the lesson here is at Scientist won’t always agree! I don’t really agree with Sam all that much at the moment! 😛 sorry Sam! hehe
My view on this is, the bacteria that have a close relationship with our body, so bacteria inside of us or even on our skin might stand a chance in space and might be the same IF WE humans can live in space like we do here on Earth. The conditions that our bodies would provide the bacteria isn’t different from what we give them now. The same goes for viruses. If they are inside our body already, they I think would be happy. But again, that is IF WE remain living the way we do here! Look at astronauts, they are in out of space and they still have bacteria and viruses inside and on them! Does that count? 😉
Bacteria and viruses that are found in soil and water for example, might not survive. They need as Sam said different nutrients and conditions that space might not be able to offer them!
Very cool question 😀 a very hard one to answer that is for sure!
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Hi Cookedchicken!
Wow, yeah that’s an awesome question. I think Mia’s onto something with her point about bacteria having a close relationship with our bodies. At the moment, we don’t really know of any bacteria or viruses that live in space (you probably wouldn’t catch a cold out in space!) but any little bacteria that hitched a ride in our bodies might be able to adapt to life in space! : )
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I have no idea cookedchicken1!
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