November 26, 2004

Scientists propose conservation parks on Mars Nature

Posted by tourdemars to General News at November 26, 2004 08:44 PM

Next time you go for a stroll on Mars, be sure you don't leave any litter behind. A plan to keep parts of the red planet in their pristine state could see seven areas turned into 'planetary parks', regulated just like national parks here on Earth. The scheme has been proposed by Charles Cockell, a microbiologist for the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, and Gerda Horneck, an astrobiologist from the German Aerospace Centre in Cologne, Germany.
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that a good suggestion , i an very happy to hear there are so many reasponsibility scientists,they are respeatable!

Posted by: Yongquan Lee at November 29, 2004 05:34 PM

The conceptual idea of the "Martian Planetary and National Park System" is an ethical issue if the discovery of life is verified. Does Martian biology, extremophilic bacteria, have the rights to exist in a continued pristine environment over the rights of a space based civilization interested in terraforming activities? Only the future knows the answers.

Posted by: Jerry at December 1, 2004 07:03 AM