From space psychologist tochief sniffer , there arethousands of position at NASA design to ensure missionary station run swimmingly . The most authoritative - sound title of respect may be " Planetary Protection Officer , " and according toBusiness Insider , the space way is look for a dependent person to fill the office .
The PPO — a position that has been around for decades — is responsible for not only protect humanity from alien contamination , but also for making sure terrestrial or lunar missions do n’t leave behind any textile that could harm other planet . Thejob postingreads :
nominee must have at least a year ’s experience in a eminent - horizontal surface government job , panoptic knowledge of planetary aegis , and an in advance point in strong-arm science , engineering , or mathematics . The chosen applicant will get a salary between $ 124,406 to $ 187,000 , plus benefits , and admit the role for three years .
The line of planetal protective cover military officer was created in light of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 . The external agreement specify that the potency for contamination from Earth on interplanetary missions should be bound to a one - in-10,000 chance . That ’s why the Curiosity rover wasforbidden from pull together wateron Mars even though a sample distribution would be priceless to scientist .
NASA states the PPO will be require to travel to insure place agencies around the world are abide by with outside space laws . They will also be instrumental inpreparing vessels and equipmentfor any next missions to Mars . " The focus of global protection is to verify … the next robotic mission to Mars does n’t lend something along that might cause problem later , ” the current PPO , Catharine Conley , toldMental Flosslast year .
The mailing went up last month on USAJobs.gov . concerned business seekers have until August 14 to apply .
[ h / tBusiness Insider ]
