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So one of the things we are trying to learn is if there are other type of life forms than what we know from earth. What if do find something, there are no big s
by smusamashah 3y ago
So one of the things we are trying to learn is if there are other type of life forms than what we know from earth. What if do find something, there are no big size living things there but if did find some microbial Mars/X native life form, will we just let that be? Won't we still try to put ourselves there anyway? that's what we do on current planet being top of the food chain.
- throwup238 3y agoYeah the whole safety dance is a bit of a farce. Everyone is willing to play along with the ethical considerations now because there's currently zero value to the Moon and Mars but if we had the technology and industrial capacity to start sending thousands of colonists, those rules would probably be discarded with much haste.
- pests 3y agoSounds like AI alignment
- WalterBright 3y ago> will we just let that be? Why should we? Microbes are not sentient.
- 14u2c 3y agoThis is not about about some microbe conservation effort. The whole idea is to preserve the conditions in which life can be discovered, and if it is, studied. Think about how much harder it would be to detect Mars life if organic molecules from Earth are present in quantity, let alone the interaction that could occur.