Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars

Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by mc32 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:32AM (#12685312)

I think you mean intelligent life, as I'm pretty sure there are no people inhabiting Mars, native or foreign, at this time.

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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by dtparr on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:57AM (#12685579)

I think that's his point. If they're not there, they're not able to be collaterally damaged.

If there is intelligent life (or, any life as we define it generally), there's a pretty high likelihood our arrival could damage it, especially if we don't discover it until after arrival. (And "really especially" if we go the terraforming route)

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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by mc32 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:36PM (#12685983)

Gah, you're right. I read it as we mustn't... rather than there aren't any so we can't. My mistake.

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