Now me, I operate on Avon's principle : "I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable and I'm not going..."
Put me down as the geek who stays behind and operates an R.O.V. carrying a suite of microbiological and environmental sensors. Any planet with a breathable atmosphere probably has a biosphere maintaining it and despite the long odds on compatible proteins and sugars (left verses right handed molecules) I don't want to risk getting a bizarre local fungal infection and becoming the mushroom monster from Zarg-9.
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Put me down as the geek who stays behind and operates an R.O.V. carrying a suite of microbiological and environmental sensors. Any planet with a breathable atmosphere probably has a biosphere maintaining it and despite the long odds on compatible proteins and sugars (left verses right handed molecules) I don't want to risk getting a bizarre local fungal infection and becoming the mushroom monster from Zarg-9.
Not the answer you were looking for I reckon :-)