archive-1: RE: SETI Rights of Martians

RE: SETI Rights of Martians

;Adrian W Kingsley-Hughes ( (no email) )
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:18:00 -0000

From: owner-seti@lists.sni.net [mailto:owner-seti@lists.sni.net]On
Behalf Of Lee Kitchens
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:50 PM
To: seti@sni.net; carlsagan@craigerware.avalon.net
Cc: astro@lists.mindspring.com; lepage@bur.visidyne.com;
bmackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Subject: Re: SETI Rights of Martians

An absurd, yet novel form of contamination on Earth from Mir is the basis
for an entertaining movie, "Virus", now showing and featuring Jamie Lee
Curtis, the Queen of Scream. Lee.

Original Message From: Larry Klaes
>>•Back contamination: People on Mars are likely to be exposed eventually
>>to any martian life that exists. Sample-return robots and astronauts
>>could also introduce novel organisms to Earth. Lupisella notes that,
>>while many consider it unlikely that independently evolved Mars life
>>could have enough in common with life on Earth to cause harm, it is
>>impossible to know for certain.