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| 'Martian Plague'? Bringing Samples to Earth Could Cause Devastating Pandemic Scientists Warn
What if we've already brought back something, maybe even this current pandemic. By Aleksandra Serebriakova via Sputniknews Headline Image:© CC BY 2.0 / Kevin Gill / Mars While Perseverance rover is rolling over the Red Planet studying its geology and taking fancy selfies with the help of the Ingenuity helicopter, researchers back on Earth are looking forward to welcome and investigating the first Martian soil samples in the upcoming years. Bringing rocks from the Marian surface to Earth does not seem very exciting to a small group of enthusiasts from The International Committee Against Mars Sample Return (ICAMSR), who warn about incredible risks these life-bearing samples may pose to our home planet, including an immense "Martian plague". The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are working together on The Mars Sample Return Campaign in an effort to bring precious rocks and soil to Earth for detailed tests. They plan to launch a