According to this tweet
the recent crash of Beresheet on the Moon could have spread tardigrades on the Moon surface.
Isn't this a violation of the agreement on preventing contamination of outer worlds with terrestrial life?
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$\begingroup$ The agreement is about making best effort attempt not to contaminate. That wasn't intentional or negligent contamination. $\endgroup$– SF.Aug 9, 2019 at 7:28
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$\begingroup$ related question about the tardigrades in particular: Why send tardigrades to the moon if we have actively avoided contaminating other worlds? $\endgroup$– uhohAug 9, 2019 at 8:16
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