Could humans eat food from another planet?

Subject: Could humans eat food from another planet?

Date: Mon Nov 8 14:46:58 1999
Posted by Zak Webber
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City: Birmingham State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 942090418.Bc

Message:


SUPPOSING (!) astronauts could journey to an extrasolar terrestrial planet 
which had a biosphere that had evolved from scratch,totally separate from 
that of Earth. What is the likelihood that organic (plant/animal/whatever) 
matter would be compatable with human biochemistry?  Could we eat alien 
food?  Could we be infected by alien microbes?  Could we mate with aliens 
and produce hybrid species?

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