Typically resides in rural areas. Likes to lay claim to being the only gay woman in town. Usually dates women who already have a boyfriend. Preferred mode of dress is flannel and steel toed boots. Knows her way around power tools. Can usually be found drinking and brawling at the local bar. Would never be confused with a Lipstick Lesbian.

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.