Comment Forget colonization (Score 1) 337
When they confirm life on Mars (bacteria most likely), it'll immediately be placed on the endangered species list since it'll be so rare in our solar system.
Then the Martian environment will be classified as a "pristine wilderness" that cannot be farmed, developed, colonized or terra-formed in any way due to the "danger" such activity would pose to the peaceful and beautiful microbes of the Martian planet.
Oh well, not the first time science was hi-jacked and ground to a halt by the ignorant "belief" of someone with more political motivation than knowledge - but it could very well be the last.
Then the Martian environment will be classified as a "pristine wilderness" that cannot be farmed, developed, colonized or terra-formed in any way due to the "danger" such activity would pose to the peaceful and beautiful microbes of the Martian planet.
Oh well, not the first time science was hi-jacked and ground to a halt by the ignorant "belief" of someone with more political motivation than knowledge - but it could very well be the last.
