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It is im pos si ble for me te ors fall ing to Earth to car ry liv ing or gan isms with them be cause
of the high tem per a tures cre at ed as they en ter the at mos phere and the se ver i ty of their
im pacts. Above you can see a cra ter left by a me te or ite in Arizona. Even if one pos tu -
lates the ex is tence of life be yond Earth, there can still be no oth er ex pla na tion for its
or i gin than cre a tion.
or seeds to with stand such out er- a small pro por tion of which are per mit -
space con di tions as cold, ut ter vac u - ted to pass through the at mos pher ic
um, and harm ful ra di a tion on their lay er sur round ing the Earth, rep re sent
the most se ri ous dan ger to these mi cro-
way to Earth—not to men tion the in -
or gan ism spores with no de fen sive
tense heat and im pact of pass ing
mech a nisms with which to pro tect
through the at mos phere. 177
them selves, and are suf fi cient ly pow er -
Conditions in space make it im -
ful to kill them in stan ta ne ous ly. For
pos si ble for life to sur vive. The well-
that rea son, even a fic ti tious jour ney
known Russian sci en tist George
by these bac te ria to the near est plan et
Gamow says:
will still re sult in death. Another
. . . there is a still more se ri ous threat study con duct ed in 1966 led to the
await ing spores trav el ing through "out of space" hy poth e sis be ing to tal ly
space than freez ing to death. The Sun aban doned. The most high ly re sist ant
is well known to emit a sig nif i cant lev - mi cro-or gan isms were in stalled on the
el of ul tra vi o let rays. These rays, on ly out er sur face of the space craft Gemini-
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