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Mars Terraforming Debate

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: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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