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Are you making the argument that for some reason we should heavily discourage lunar exploration for the sake of keeping the moon pristine? Why is this more imp
by elzbardico 2y ago
Are you making the argument that for some reason we should heavily discourage lunar exploration for the sake of keeping the moon pristine?
Why is this more important than expanding our ability as a species to explore space?
- driggs 2y agoRegulation doesn't mean "heavily discourage". Keeping the Moon, or Mars, or Venus as pristine as possible is the only way we can study those environments as they exist in their natural condition. Not to mention that we can't detect the presence of life on those worlds if we've contaminated them with life from our own. If you think this idea is incompatible with exploration, you can take it up with NASA's Office of Planetary Protection: https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/planetary-protection https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/planetary-protection