Talk:Reports of Streptococcus mitis on the moon
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[edit] old talk
This is not a myth. It is a reported fact. However Nasa is trying to determine whether they actually survived or were inadvertent contamination from the return trip. GuyInCT 01:40, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. The very references quoted for this article reinforce the credibility rather than the fallacy of this subject. I have added a Totally-disputed tag to reflect this concern, since it appears to me if you trim out everything here that contradicts the references you don't have any article left. 79.77.6.186 (talk) 19:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] removed paragraph
I removed most of this paragraph:
Given that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, it is also worth noting that this claim has never been documented in any peer-reviewed scientific publication and remains a telling example of the phenomenon of urban myth. To quote David Hume: "The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder."
because while true, seems to be a bit of editoralizing. Bubba73 (talk), 02:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] NASA 1998
The content of this page is in direct contradiction with this still active nasa.gov site, albeit from 1998. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.130.9.41 (talk) 00:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
- Even more alarmingly, the sourced astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov site, published 2004, is in direct contradiction with this article. "A common bacteria, Streptococcus mitis, had actually traveled from Earth on Surveyor and then back with the Apollo 12 astronauts...and survived. The bacteria was able to endure unprotected travel in space for its three year journey to the Moon and back." I am now assuming vandalism and flagging the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.130.9.41 (talk) 00:25, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Hoax?
Two NASA links are given. One is broken and the other (published 2004) is direct contradiction with the content of this article. A NASA link I found from 1998 also contradicts this article. (See ==NASA 1998==). The chief contributor to this article, User:Mpallen, has made significant contributions to only about four articles and is no longer active. 74.130.9.41 00:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- It doesn't look like a hoax to me, but the article does seem very POV. MLilburne 11:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A side question
Should this even be an articel? Wouldn't it be best as a subsection of, say, Surveyor 3? 68.39.174.238 00:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reverted Massive Anon Edit
An anon edit indicated a bias towards this being a hoax so removed most of the article. The remaining article did not mention the possibility of it being a hoax at all. I reverted. If the article is POV there are better ways to fix it. Robert Brockway 04:22, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] sources??
There are very few sources given here. I don't want to add a CN tag to every paragraph but that is what this needs -- if this is considered an "urban legend," who considers it that and why? Wikipedia should not be making these assessments. csloat (talk) 20:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] testable
I removed a clause that said that "this phenomenon is not testable". Of course it is--we could send a probe back to the moon with the same contamination, replicate the conditions as carefully as possible, and see if the organism survived.
Therefore I consider that clause opinion and not factual.Johnny Mnemonic (talk) 23:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
