Astronauts identify mystery space microbes

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The DNA of microbes found on the International Space Station has been sequenced in space for the first time.

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/314581/astronauts-identify-mystery-space-microbes

[Piney]

Like Rose and I both said in another thread. Leaking toilet tank seal. 

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1 hour ago, seanjo said:

"NASA spokesperson Dan Huot told Space.com that of the three colonies grown and then sequenced on the space station, one ended up being Staphylococcus capitis and two were Staphylococcus hominis.

"Staphylococcus hominis and Staphylococcus capitis are commonly associated with the human microbiome," Huot said in an email. "These are very benign microbes and are commonly observed in human-occupied areas and have been identified in samples returned from the ISS previously. Neither of the two species are considered pathogens.""

 

So not alien life just life associated with Humans and their living places.

If you are talking about the microbes found by the Russian astronaut, they were outside the station, not inside. 

So, as far as I know, two unrelated subjects. 

Well, noe at least they can analyze those as well! 

[Piney]

2 hours ago, seanjo said:

I thought they were talking about the microbes found on the outside of the space station, the headline seems to imply it. The word "onboard" doesn't just mean inside.

That's how it came across to me. 

[bison]

The brief excerpt from the Space.com article, which heads up this thread, says that the bacteria were collected from various surfaces inside the International Space Station. 

[AZDZ]

There are two different articles. The one above and the following dated 11/28/17.

https://www.space.com/38922-extraterrestrial-bacteria-international-space-station.html
 

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Scientists have detected living bacteria "from outer space" in samples collected from the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) during spacewalks, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov told Russia's state-owned TASS news agency.

"And now it turns out that somehow these swabs reveal bacteria that were absent during the launch of the ISS module," Shkaplerov told TASS. "That is, they have come from outer space and settled along the external surface. They are being studied so far, and it seems that they pose no danger."

 

 

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23 hours ago, seanjo said:

Not necessarily, they shoot poop out to burn up in the atmosphere, yep that's right one of those shooting stars you see might be astronaut ****! So that waste pipe could be the cause.

There are no waste pipes on the ISS1 so there is no poo that go outside the ISS1 trought a waste pipe. All ISS1 waste gets collected and stored in cargo spacecrafts like Progress/Cyngus units until they get dropped off from the ISS and burn up during reentry.

[UFOwatcher]

Very confusing IMO

[bison]

21 hours ago, UFOwatcher said:

Very confusing IMO

Well, it's been reported that they've found microbes both inside and outside the International Space Station. Those inside are now known to be the sorts associated with humans. Those found outside have been repeatedly mentioned for quite a long time. It's been suggested that these might be from life not of this Earth.

Testing of these 'outside' microbes has been proposed and anticipated, but no results have been put forth. It seems that it should have been possible to conduct the the tests by now. Of course, if they found something alive that couldn't be connected with Earth life, there would be delays, while the results were checked, rechecked, and then checked again.

Such is the scientific process. The more it looked as if extraterrestrial microbes had been found, the longer the process of confirming this fact would become. Are we in the midst of such a confirmation stage right now? I don't know. For all we know the news of such a discovery is embargoed, until a scientific paper about it is vetted, peer reviewed, and published.  

Edited January 5, 2018 by bison
corrected misspelling.

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3 hours ago, seanjo said:

Not according to NASA...they eject waste feces at intervals to burn up in the atmosphere, I assumed that meant a waste pipe of some sort.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/astronaut-poop_us_55f8f7d8e4b0d6492d638bf7

According to NASA, poo and other waste get disposed in/by cargo spacecrafts. If the poo from the ISS1 would be wasted directly, the whole ISS1 orbit would be filled up with frozzen poo piles travelling at a speed of 28Kkm/h and endangering the station. Years ago, urine had been wasted from the MIR directly, leading to huge damages at the MIR`s solar cells.