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Re: Amusing article on the launch
I'm certainly no expert, but it seems to me that planets with atmospheres are fairly well protected against life-material contaminants on the outer surfaces of objects that enter. Those surfaces are going to get very hot.
But it does surprise me to read that bird droppings on the orbiter's surface have survived a trip to the space station. Maybe someone should be studying the application of similar materials as protective coatings?
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