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Science exploration

" (TWAC p.393) In order for humans to determine whether or not life on Mars could happen, exploring the possibilities is a must. The mission to send seeds to Mars would also be completely safe according to McKay. He states that "A simple plant growth module would not be in violation of the planetary protection policy. NASA abides by the policy established in 1967 to prevent the inadvertent contamination of Mars by terrestrial microorganisms." (TWAC p.395) With all precautions taken and the ability to explore the life on Mars it seems ignorant not to take the opportunity. Once this opportunity is embraced it will motivate other possibilities such as humans actually living in outer space.
             Using the Moon as a place to host future colonies is a current idea by scientists. Alan Binder is a "planetary scientist turned entrepreneur." (TWAC. P.437) Binder is a driving force for future moon mapping missions. Binder believes that we need to " start working on sending landers - extremely simple landers, using existing hardware [and then] the next step is leaving things on the moon - equipment, robots, dwellings- and little by little build up lunar bases." ( TWAC, p.437) Doing this allows humans to comprehend the Moon's atmosphere and eventually understand how the resources there can be utilized. Binder has a vision of the moon as an industrial park "Eventually [he] wants to start factories on the moon, churning out hydrogen or basalt bricks." (TWAC, p.437) After this type of progress can occur it is assumed by Binder that slowly humans will develop potential to survive by themselves on the Moon. Neil de Grasse Tyson who is an astronomer and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium and is against the ideas of Binder. However he states that "What we need is a breakthrough in our scientific understanding of the structure of the universe, so that we might exploit shortcuts through the space-time continuum- (TWAC, p.


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