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Mars Terraforming Debate

Posted by michael on from the getting-ahead-of-ourselves dept.

blackhelicopter writes "This Guardian article describes the implications of terraforming Mars - the subject of NASA's forthcoming debate. Quote from Dr Lisa Pratt, a Nasa astrobiologist, concerning life probably already on Mars: 'We simply cannot risk starting a global experiment that would wipe out the precious sensitive evidence we are seeking'."

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  1. Re:Our own planet by Richthofen80 · · Score: 0, Troll

    if you really feel that way , the only moral action you can take is suicide. I volunteer that you should be the first to be our moral leader.

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  2. Re:The dangers of the Kyoto protocol by Endive4Ever · · Score: 1, Troll

    Plus it came to symbolize a much larger conflict between the Bush administration's self-interested unilateral actions and much of the rest of the world's eglatarian compromising.

    What a load of bullshit. Kyoto was dead before Bush was even nominated as a presidential candidate.

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  3. Global Warming Solution by mscalora · · Score: 0, Troll

    We should teleport all our nasty green house gases to Mars, it would warm the place up!

    Earth First... we'll mine the other planets later.
    -Mike

  4. "Terraforming"? by baudbarf · · Score: 0, Troll

    In order to "Terraform", don't you need to do so on a planet named "Terra"? Aren't we referring to "Marsaforming"?

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