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   Message 399 of 1,217   
   Earl Colby Pottinger to All   
   Re: Why we can't go to Mars (yet)   
   11 Jan 04 16:49:55   
   
   From: earlcp@idirect.com   
      
   "R F L Henley"  :   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Why would we?  You used the term "can't" to state options.  Should or should   
   not?  Is a valid question, making a statement that we can not, is not a valid   
   one.   
      
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