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Before we terraform the planet don't you think it might be interesting to learn about martian history before it cannot be recovered? If you dig the foundation
by simias 13y ago
Before we terraform the planet don't you think it might be interesting to learn about martian history before it cannot be recovered?
If you dig the foundation of a parking lot and you find the vestiges of an ancient civilisation don't you take the time to study what you've found before your send the steamrollers in?
- Xdes 13y agoNo, you usually just steamroll the dirt.
- vyrotek 13y agoIn the US, yes. But I know Italy and other places in Europe have laws that require an excavation to be done to look for historical stuff. It can end up cancelling entire projects if they discover something important which can't be extracted.
- robbiep 13y agoWell Europe has thousands of years of productive civilisation (not to denigrate the achievements of mesoamerican civilisations) - but density and continuous habitation of cities is different in Europe. It seems madness to suggest we should mount an archological expidition to Mars before a colonisation mission but I hope efforts are made to explore it scientifically. M
- DougWebb 13y agoWe have those laws in the US too, and I'm sure Europe has its fair share of developers trying to cover up archeological finds to avoid derailing a development project.
- mathattack 13y agoOf course the Avatar example. :-)
- pavelrub 13y agoI think we will learn MUCH quicker and MUCH more and about the history of Mars once we'll get serious about colonizing it, and not "exploring" it at the the crawling pace it's currently happening at.
- mimiflynn 13y agoSounds a little like 'We will learn about Martian history as we make it!' although I understand you mean that we will learn about Martian history faster once we get permanent feet on the ground.