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I wonder if there is an incentive to NOT find life there because of what that discovery might do to slow industrialization and colonization plans. Do we need to

I wonder if there is an incentive to NOT find life there because of what that discovery might do to slow industrialization and colonization plans. Do we need to conserve that life? Do we need to set up preserves that are off limits to development? Opens a big can of worms (or bacteria) that I imagine some would rather see kept closed

soup10 7y ago
realistically mars is way more interesting if its more than a boring rock
- ncmncm 7y ago
  Even with microbes it would be a boring rock. Anybody who thinks they want to move there should camp in Antactica for ten years, first.
  - hanniabu 7y ago
    And because people settled in Antartica it's no longer the miserable experience it used to be. These are pioneers, they do things that are had, they pave the way for the rest of humanity.
    - ncmncm 7y ago
      There is no migration to Antarctica. Nothing done by people there makes it any easier for somebody who wants to move there, because if your application for research is rejected, you stay out or set up somewhere far away.
- pts_ 7y ago
  It's far from boring. A planet closest in environment to us is interesting as heck for obvious reasons.