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Post by guzlomi on Jun 23, 2017 22:53:36 GMT
First generation of space pioneers and travellers would be immune to Earth bacteria, viruses and diseases...
What will happen with second and third generations borned in space?
The planet or satellite where they will live will not have bacterias, viruses or diseases (at least not similar to Earth ones), so they will not have a "natural immunization" against Earth diseases...
Contact with new travellers from Earth could put them in lethal risk, like happened with the American indians after their contact with Europeans...
Do they need to be vaccined when children from Earth diseases like now, or do they have to put all new travellers on quarantine?
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Post by amitchell on Jun 24, 2017 11:00:58 GMT
They'd have to be vaccinated from birth. Not just because they may go to Earth some day, but also because there will be visitors and/or new colonists coming from Earth, who'll be bringing all sorts of germs and bacteria with them. Otherwise, we'd lose half our population every time a craft from earth came.
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Post by guzlomi on Jun 24, 2017 15:31:42 GMT
That means that they have to carry enough vaccines to the colony from the Earth year after year forever, and it will be a life-matter to get them on time. What happens if this suminister cannot continue? I mean, if physical communication is lost or impossible by some technical problem during some years (it takes nearly 2 years to reach Mars). Or maybe there is a world war on Earth, the launch company gets out of money to launch spacecrafts or whatelse...
Could Earth nations use the vaccines as blackmailing? Could Earth nations use a biological warfare menace to keep Mars colonies subjugated?
Are we sure that Mars colonists will want to come back from Mars (in case they have enough money to buy a ticket)? Why? Tourism, nostalgia?
Do they need/want to receive new colonists once they have reached a number of them that is enough to run their own nation/civilization?
Should they cut all ties with Earth, not allowing Earth "immigrants" to avoid any biological risks or mortal disease?
So many questions...
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Mike
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Post by Mike on Jun 24, 2017 19:40:45 GMT
It's not that hard to produce vaccines once you have sample. I bet most of them can be already produced on ISS. I see some problem with availability of rarer growing material (like eggs), but it probably can be exchanged for human blood, or something.
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