International Space Station, about to break down?

It´s been detected the presence of microorganisms International Space Station capable of damaging the equipment.

Alarming statistics were revealed will an experiment of biodegradation was been done, the experiment ment to collect microbiological samples from the surfaces of the Russian segment of the ISS. The experiment not only detected the presence of potentially dangerous living, but also showed they can survive even in the space for over a year and a half.



"We had a problem of destructive influence of micro flora in the structure of the space station Mir. Now we have in the ISS, "Anatoly Grigoryev explained, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The main concern is for the conservation status of Zarya, the older module of the ISS and was released in 1998. It was there that the first crew were careless and started growing the microorganism.

via: actualidad