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