Defend Earth from aliens: Nasa's new job profile that offers a 6-figure pay
The person who lands the job will draw a six figure salary - $124,406 to $187,000 per year LATEST NEWS : NASA is hiring a "planetary protection officer" who would be tasked to protect the Earth from potential alien contamination. The US government's official employment site advertised the job which is open to US citizens and nationals for applications until August 14, Newsweek reported on Wednesday. "Planetary protection is concerned with the avoidance of organic-constituent and biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration," the advertisement said. The person who lands the job will draw a six figure salary -- $124,406 to $187,000 per year -- and security clearance is listed as "secret." "NASA maintains policies for planetary protection applicable to all space flight missions that may intentionally or unintentionally carry Earth organisms and organic constituents to the planets or other solar system b...