Did you know that NASA has a post dedicated to defending our planet against alien life forms?? The official job title is planetary protection officer and it pays $187,000 per year.

Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a hero? How about the protector of mankind? Well now NASA is looking for just that and it’ll pay a six-figure salary for the honour.

The U.S. space agency is currently in search not of life on other planets but of a “Planetary Protection Officer”, who can protect Earth and its inhabitants from alien invasion.

The job, which is offering a salary of between $124,406 and $187,000 per year, involves preventing alien microbes from contaminating the Earth, as well as ensuring human space explorers do not damage other planets, moons and objects in space.