Kisses That Kill
(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) LOS ANGELES, May 5. A wife’s welcoming kiss to a returning astronaut could kill him unless his diet in space included plenty of down-to-earth germs, says the Associated Press. This could mean that astronauts may have to take bacteria pills shortly before returning to earth after extensive space travels. Dr. T. D. Luckey, of the University of Missouri Medical School, discussed the potential danger of a lack of bacteria during a symposium at the convention of the
American Society for Microbiology. He said spacemen’s sterile air, food and water eventually could dangerously reduce the amount of bacteria in their systems.
The result, he said, could be bacterial illness when they returned to the bacteria-ridden earth.
The bacteria pills, he said, could restore the normal balance so that the astronaut would be more immune to the bacteria on earth.
Dr. Luckey said his speculations were based on studies he conducted with guinea pigs and rats.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31052, 6 May 1966, Page 2
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