Do You Have What It Takes To Be NASA's Next Planetary Protection Officer?
The job posting has elicited headlines about how the space agency is seeking a person to defend Earth from aliens. But it's really more about microorganisms than little green men.
by Merrit Kennedy
Aug 03, 2017
2 minutes
The survival of life of Earth (and elsewhere) may rest on the shoulders of NASA's next planetary protection officer â and they're taking applications.
The job has elicited headlines about how the space agency is seeking a person to defend our planet from aliens. But it's more concerned with microorganisms than little green men.
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