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Agencies – Abu Dhabi Life can actually form on the moon through thousands of invincible beings, able to withstand high radiation, high and extremely low temperatures and decades without any food.
These organisms, known as "Tardigrada", are not exotic creatures, but microorganisms probably survived after the "probe" crash on the moon in April.
"We think that the chances of resilience of the tardigrada are very great," said Nova Spivak, one of the founders of the Foundation Art Mission, who oversaw the space mission.
"Tardigradas are easy-to-store organisms on a site because they are tiny and multicellular and they make up one of the most sustainable life forms on the planet," Spivak said.
He pointed out that these microorganisms, which do not exceed the length of one millimeter, have been "dried and blocked in an epoxy adhesive and are expected to be revived in the future."
The tardigrada was placed in a "lunar library", a nanotechnology device that looks like a compact disc containing 30 million pages of human history that can be viewed under a microscope, as well as human DNA.
The DNA should withstand the incident, said Spivak, but it's not the first genetic code or lifeform on the moon: US astronauts have already left about 100 bags of 39, human and urinary excreta during Apollo missions. Between 1969 and 1972.
These organisms, also called "water bears", which have eight legs and look like larvae, can live in water and on land and withstand temperatures of 150 to 272 degrees Celsius below zero at a time. almost zero pressure that can come back to life after several decades of drying.
If it's not eradicated, it's likely to withstand lunar conditions with extreme temperatures and mild pressure, said William Miller, an expert on the creatures of Baker University in Kansas.
Miller told Agence France Presse that these creatures need water, air and food to be active and to grow and feed and reproduce.
NASA astrophysicist Casey Conley said his period of specific resilience was subject to heat and the state of his site. "If you do not feel too much at sea, it will probably last for many years," she said.
"What I fear is that the animals have been affected by the toxic chemicals contained in the epoxy glue or the adhesive glue used to store them, more than I fear the impact of the conditions of the chemicals. Space on them. "
If they had survived for many years on the moon, there would be no mission to the surface before NASA's Artemis program in 2024, and its destination is the south pole of the object. astronomical distance from the site of the Birchit probe accident.
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