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The practical value is that if there is uncontaminated life on Mars, scientists will be able to study it and hopefully open up new avenues of scientific inquiry
by Tyrek 9y ago
The practical value is that if there is uncontaminated life on Mars, scientists will be able to study it and hopefully open up new avenues of scientific inquiry. It's a research question and one that likely would contribute immense value if realized.
- hinkley 9y agoSpecifically, it might teach us things about the prevalence of extromophiles, which promises to open up the universe to us. Either we use extremophiles to establish beachheads in otherwise uninhabitable places, or we adapt ourselves or other beneficial organisms with the information we learn. For instance proteins that protect against high or low temperatures. Less speculatively, krill can be fed to things we already eat, and some krill survive on a diet entirely comprised of extremophiles.