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NASA Is Looking For Someone To Protect Earth From Aliens -- And the Job Pays a Six-Figure Salary (cnbc.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a hero? How about the protector of mankind? Well now NASA is looking for just that -- and it'll pay a six-figure salary for the honor. The U.S. space agency is currently in search not of life on other planets but of a "Planetary Protection Officer," who can protect Earth and its inhabitants from alien invasion. The job, which is offering a salary of between $124,406 and $187,000 per year, involves preventing alien microbes from contaminating the Earth, as well as ensuring human space explorers do not damage other planets, moons and objects in space. "Planetary protection is concerned with the avoidance of organic-constituent and biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration," NASA wrote in the job posting on its website late last month. Other duties include advising Safety Mission Assurance officials on planetary protection matters and ensuring compliance by robotic and human spaceflight missions.
So they are just looking for someone who can leverage existing basic isolation protocols to create additional protocols for returning missions.
No ray guns involved. :-(
Yes but what a great job title. Imagine having "Planetary Protection Office" on your business cards
Yes but what a great job title. Imagine having "Planetary Protection Office" on your business cards
As long as you're not an Illegal Alien.
You don't fool me. You just copy-pasted that from the listing for White House Communications Director.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Oh, just like a sysadmin.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!