Microbes Survive, and Maybe Thrive, High In the Atmosphere

...to find life in places that they hadn't previously considered that they'd find it.

Yet, on the other hand, a lot of science fiction has covered such topics. Even HG Wells' War of the Worlds concludes with the deaths of the Martians, all of them , because of bacterial contamination and the lack of immunity. For all to have died, simply getting into contact with flora and fauna wouldn't be enough, it'd have to be airborne.

Amusingly enough, there's probably life on Mars right now. If it wasn't ther

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