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Survival of Micro-Organisms in Space

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    JOHN HOTCHIN,  PETER LORENZ &  CURTIS HEMENWAY

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    JOHN HOTCHIN,  PETER LORENZ &  CURTIS HEMENWAY

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HOTCHIN, J., LORENZ, P. & HEMENWAY, C. Survival of Micro-Organisms in Space. Nature 206, 442–445 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206442a0

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