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Even though Mason’s warning is hypothetical, there is mounting evidence indicating that NASA’s explorations of Mars might have polluted it with hardy and dangerous microbial life.
These carefully monitored clean rooms at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) are likely to provide a sort of laboratory for microbes that exhibited the right stuff for survival in challenging spaces.
According to his research, Mason’s methods of detection involved scanning the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in California for traces of DNA and did identify microbes capable of hitchhiking onto metal surfaces and surviving radiation exposure and extreme colds. These are the ideal attributes that could cause alarm for scientists considering Mason’s proposal.