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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by kobeya on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:49PM (#12686111)
There is no sentient life in Mars. If there is microbial life on Mars, it is not making efficient use of its resources. I will not trade the billions of future people that might call a terraformed Mars home for some scum on the bottom of a rock.
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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by stordoff on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:16PM (#12686362)
I don't necessarily disagree, but I do wonder if life exists somewhere in the Universe that would view humanity in the same way.
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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars by kobeya on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:28PM (#12686489)
No doubt. We'd best be ready. Thankfully astronomical data makes this unlikely at least in our stellar neighborhood, so we have some time to grow in both power and maturity.
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