From: hrubin@stat.purdue.edu   
      
   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?   
      
      
   No.  But I suspect that the first men going to Mars might   
   well stay in orbit and direct rovers more quickly; with a   
   time lag of seconds instead of many minutes, they can do   
   a lot more.   
      
      
      
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