I thought it was investing in my future (buying mutual funds).

Last one I did showed up on my account the same day.

Put it in retirement accounts.

NASA has been doing the sterilization I listed above for decades now; it’s not new.

Can you give some examples (preferably with references) of where NASA (or ESA, etc) have avoided areas due to fear of contamination?

That’s why this is done: https://www.nasa.gov/ames/space-biosciences/planetary-protection/

I realize you were probably talking about visiting other worlds in person, but we would probably still have unmanned missions there first.

Didn’t mean to offend you (or anyone else).

I work in IT too (Windows) and have admin rights on my workstation. Even though I have the power to install any software, it’s against policy to do so (and technically that’s a good policy).

Also, I don’t like the idea of anyone/anything but me having my passwords. I go with 2FA if something is important/certified based 2FA if it’s really important.

I vote for: 2:47:18.987 and 9:51:43.051

Makes you concentrate on driving! /s

Yeah, just tell your work IT staff that you need admin rights to your workstation so you can “install the software you want to” (that they don’t supply or support or update).

See how well that works. /s