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I don’t think humans will ever populate mars so why don’t we just shoot a seed of bacteria and simple organisms into the surface and give something time to deve
by xwdv 4y ago
I don’t think humans will ever populate mars so why don’t we just shoot a seed of bacteria and simple organisms into the surface and give something time to develop millions of years down the line?
- advisedwang 4y agoGetting from simple organisms to a habitable biosphere took like a billion years on earth. So if that would even works the results would likely be 1-2 billion years from now. For comparison, the Homo genus (let alone sapiens) is only 2 million years old! In other words, that would take longer than humanity can conceivably plan for.
- kldavis4 4y agoNot to mention that if there is some kind of as yet undiscovered microbial life on Mars, doing this would risk never finding out about it.
- xwdv 4y agoOk fine but if humanity is ever on the brink of extinction and this question is no longer important then we should have something ready to shoot a seed and ensure at least some form of life will expand beyond Earth. Maybe we could shoot out to several planets. I’m sure this is the premise of some sci-fi story.