Given that Orion is a manned capsule, these systems would no doubt need to be taken to a new standard of assurance and adapted for deep-space operation, but the proposition seems very well suited to ATV's capabilities.

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Only by pushing mankind to its limits, to the bottoms of the ocean and into space, will we make discoveries in science and technology that can be adapted to improve life on Earth.

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However, Sir Fred and Dr Wickramasinghe took it to ridiculous lengths, proposing not only the arrival of organisms from outer space, but that those organisms (such as influenza viruses) are somehow already adapted for life in the hurly-burly of the terrestrial ecosystem.

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