Some tiny Earthling organisms may be able to survive on Mars

[Judi Lynn]

2. Microbial earthly life could survive on Mars, at least for a time

Human visitors to Mars could bring along numerous microscopic colonizers. That's both good and bad.
Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei February 22, 2021

In a new study, NASA and German Aerospace Center scientists found that Earth microbes can withstand Martian conditions, which means we could use them there, but they could also pose risks for astronauts.



Sturdy microbes
You’re never really alone. You’ve got a gazillion tiny critters on yourself at any given moment. Most are harmless. Some can be useful — and of course, some can be harmful.

Try as we might (and space agencies do try), there’s no realistic way to eliminate all microbes from a crewed mission. Even with all the available decontamination procedures, you can’t really kick all off them from everywhere. If (or perhaps when?) we fly astronauts to Mars, the mission will bring some microbes along, like it or not.

Some have suspected that this wouldn’t matter at all, because the microbes just wouldn’t be able to survive on Mars. But a new study says otherwise.

More:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/microbial-earthly-life-could-survive-on-mars-temporarily/