roadkill
08-03-03, 05:47 AM
Martian bugs Vs Terraforming. (http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-03e.html)
Recent evidence of vast amounts of water ice on Mars supports the possibility of indigenous life. At the same time, that water could enable human settlement and massive environmental engineering, or terraforming. A moral conflict could face us soon, pitting Terrestrial life against the Martian. The course of action we choose should be informed by broad debate: the ethics, as much as the biology, of Mars deserves full exploration.
Which way would you vote?
1) We must above all else protect the microbes if they exist.
2) Undecided, let's flip a coin.
3) Just terraform the planet, put some bugs in a jar.
I say evict the pondscum and build a few resort hotels!
:D
Recent evidence of vast amounts of water ice on Mars supports the possibility of indigenous life. At the same time, that water could enable human settlement and massive environmental engineering, or terraforming. A moral conflict could face us soon, pitting Terrestrial life against the Martian. The course of action we choose should be informed by broad debate: the ethics, as much as the biology, of Mars deserves full exploration.
Which way would you vote?
1) We must above all else protect the microbes if they exist.
2) Undecided, let's flip a coin.
3) Just terraform the planet, put some bugs in a jar.
I say evict the pondscum and build a few resort hotels!
:D