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Re: Martian soil appears able to support life

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Originally Posted by GarzaUK View Post
Which brings me to my next point...

What if we can heat the planet and melt the ice, should we allow Earth life to spread on Mars?

Or should we keep Earth life confined to special areas and see how Martian life evolves on its own? This is of course if Mars actually has amino acids of its own.
There is the scientific curiosity of studying how life is evolving on Mars, versus improving the long-term survival chances of our species. Personally, I think the correct course of action is obvious.

We should have been working on this decades ago.
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