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NASA warns of Martian soil samples carrying hostile microbes
A National Research Council panel urges NASA to treat Mars return samples as potentially hazardous until proven safe. They note low but nonzero risk of Earth microbes surviving and stress sterilization and containment. The report cites possible past Martian life and hydrothermal environments.
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