The lichen surviving on ISS report made me wonder - is there a ‘reverse Andromeda Strain’ #SciFi novel or short story out there?
Not terraforming, something accidental from Earth to another planet/moon/asteroid. I have a nagging feeling I’ve read something, but can’t place it.
@JBrianCoyle @scifi
In Clarke’s Before Eden, astronauts visit Venus, and thoughtlessly bury their garbage at the landing site. The highest evolved Venusian animal eats it, and is killed by Earth microbes. The Venusian ecosystem follows.
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41621