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re: Why are 'science people' preaching about climate change but cool with terraforming Mars?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:45 pm to weagle99
Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:45 pm to weagle99
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There are real ethical questions about changing Mars, discussed in the science community. Do people think we have a right to do what we want to the Solar Sytem? Not that we have that power.
No, there are not. The only Ethical questions are in regards to us doing that on mars is if there is alien life there that developed on its own. Either way, it will eventually be irrelevant as the risk of us contaminating what would at most be microbial life on earth will outweigh our needs as a species. There are no ethical questions regarding a lifeless planet/rock/whatever in space.
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Posted on 4/23/17 at 10:39 pm to SundayFunday
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Either way, it will eventually be irrelevant as the risk of us contaminating what would at most be microbial life on earth will outweigh our needs as a species. There are no ethical questions regarding a lifeless planet/rock/whatever in space.
Respectfully, you simply aren't well informed about this issue.
Thr ethical question exists independent of the presence of Martian life.
Can you expain to us which of humanity's needs will be met by colonizing a planet that doesn't have a functioning magnetosphere? How will we deal with the lack of shielding for solar radiation in such a way that will create a living environment that is 'meeting our needs' in a manner that can't be accomplished on Earth?
This post was edited on 4/23/17 at 11:16 pm
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