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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] The novelization of TWOK went into a lot of detail about how, for planetary use, the Genesis matrix had to be programmed with first the amino acids and stuff like that that they wanted to develop. I'm definitely sure that, while intelligent life probably wouldnt come out of it (for the same reason Spock didnt evolve a new personality.. even though his cells grew rapidly, his mind was moving at real time) there could be some fascinatingly horrible things that could come from microbes: example : big orange worm-snakes. It detailed the researchers designing an ecosystem piece by piece that would work, which we have very little understanding of how many variables are involved. [QUOTE] [i]"Yeah, i wouldnt feel bad about raping Mars. But it would suck to have all that beautiful red scenery interrupted by ugly white clouds and green plants and blue water."[/i] Was that sarcasm? [/QUOTE] Somewhat.. I think that Mars is there for Earth's benefit, regardless of its microbial past. Unless we found something that really deserved preservation, it would definitely behoove us to make what we would of it. The term 'raping a planet' was used constantly by my tech ed teacher, and has grown on me. But from an aesthetic perspective, i love it being a 'red planet' [/QB][/QUOTE]
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