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Interstellar - Microbes First: Why Bacteria May Be Humanity's Greatest Space Explorers

Interstellar - Microbes First: Why Bacteria May Be Humanity's Greatest Space Explorers

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Host Eli Mercer explores why bacteria, not astronauts, might colonize other worlds. Drawing from Earth's 3.8-billion-year microbial transformation and ISS research, this episode examines Proactive Inoculation Protocols—deliberately seeding planets with engineered microorganisms before human arrival, fundamentally rethinking space colonization.

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