Are subsidiary lifeforms on the Moon possible?
In my world, Earth populated the Moon. Even if people are concealed in stations they got to go out from time to time (to explore or repair things that robot can't).
My question is:
Is it possible that the presence of human beings makes life blooming on the Moon outside of the stations? If yes to what would those life forms look like?
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Because of radiation and other dangers, a lot of people think that stations on the moon will be buried or dug down deep. There are extinct volcanoes on the moon, which means there could be lava tubes and caves where life could leave the stations and be sheltered. Bacteria, fungus, and lichen would be the most likely, since light wouldn't be available. Given enough time and air leakage bringing caves and tunnels up to a breathable pressure, you could have escaped laboratory animals, or rats/mice that stow away on cargo shuttles.
If you really wanted to, you could even have someone releasing stuff on purpose, or trying to build underground habitats as a way to live off the grid, and those habitats spreading.
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