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   =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nils_O=2E_Sel=E5sdal to R F L Henley   
   Re: Why we can't go to Mars (yet)   
   11 Jan 04 13:35:51   
   
   From: noselasd@frisurf.no   
      
   In article , R F L Henley wrote:   
   > According to BBC Online:-   
   >   
   > President George W Bush will announce proposals next week to send Americans   
   > to Mars   
   >   
   > but . . .   
   >   
   > unless and until we have robotically established conclusively that there is   
   > or is not life on Mars, we can't put humans on the planet because they will   
   > inevitably bio-contaminate it.   
   > Anyone agree?   
   Does it really matter that much if we bio-contaminate it ? Bringing life to   
   mars   
   isn't a bad idea imho.   
      
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