Extraterrestrial Microbes on the International Space Station

Extraterrestrial Microbes on the International Space Station

By E. Stanley Ukeni

In what may sound like tabloid news story, the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, announced, in a press release, that it has evidence that suggests that comet dust that have accumulated on the surface of the International Space Station (ISS) does contain traces of alien microorganisms.

Yes, you heard it right, the Russians think that extraterrestrial bugs are latching into the exterior of ISS—and they are currently testing samples of these bugs and sequencing their genes. If this proves true…its really scary stuff, considering the history of the world’s superpowers in working to weaponizeing exotic pathogenic microbes.

The International Space Station in a collaborative scientific and exploratory project between the space agencies of several Nations—including the United States, Europe, Russia, Canada and Japan. The space station was first launched into orbit in 1998.

It would appear that Russian Cosmonauts have been gathering dust samples from the surface of the International Space Station, during space walks, since 2010—for unspecified secret scientific experiments back in Russia, code names, “TEST”. We can only hope that these experiments are for peaceful purposes—aimed at advancing human scientific knowledge.   

Excepts of the the Roscosmos press release, which was reported by Russian State news agency, TASS, reads thus; ‘The micrometeorites and comet dust that settle on the ISS surface may contain biogenic substances of extra-terrestrial origin in its natural form….’

The press release also states, ‘The ISS surface is possibly a unique and easily available collector and keeper of comet substance and, possibly, of biomaterial of extraterrestrial origin.’

I must say that it’s quite intriguing that living organisms, whatever their origins may be, can survive in the void of space—without oxygen or nourishment. I am sure scientists would be interested in finding out how these organisms were able to achieve this seemingly unnatural feat.

Confirming the assertion of the Russian Space Agency, an official of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) was reported to have indicated that, ‘while bacterial DNA was discovered on ISS, the specifics of the claims from the Russian counterpart were considerably more dubious.   

The DLR spokeswoman, Alisa Wilken, was quoted as suggesting that, “The method by which the samples were analyzed in this case is disputed, as it cannot detect all kinds of bacteria and it also cannot test whether the discovered bacteria are living and thriving or not.” 

It’s worth noting that the apparent partial skepticism on the part of the DLR scientists may be an attempt at a possible cover-up regarding the true about this Russian revelation. On my own part, I suspect the Russians are not divulging the whole truth about this this discovery and how they came out it.

I suspect that some of my readers would be musing about why the Russian decided to test micrometeorites and comet dust that had collected on the outside of ISS. Well, my thoughts on that is that Russian cosmonauts, just as astronauts from the other project partner countries, were harvesting cosmic particles on the exterior of the International Space Station, in the expectation of discovering exotic dust particles, with unearthly molecular and sub-molecular structures.

The study of these alien dust particles, with unnatural subatomic composition, enables scientists in these advances countries to replicate the atomic structure of these cosmic dusts—leading to the discovery of new materials that have industrial, and even, applications.

Whatever the case, we will continue to follow further developments in this revelation. We will continue to share insight that will keep you informed.

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