Barry DiGregorio
Barry DiGregorio is a British astrobiologist and honorary researcher at the Buckingham Center for Astrobiology. He has voiced concerns regarding the potential dangers of returning Martian samples to Earth, suggesting that they could harbor unknown pathogens that might lead to a pandemic more severe than COVID-19. DiGregorio's warnings stem from his belief that the unique Martian environment may give rise to life forms that are fundamentally different from those found on Earth.
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Barry DiGregorio warns that samples returned from Mars could trigger a pandemic worse than Covid-19.
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