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We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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[–] Aimhere@midwest.social 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At first, the title of the post made me think that we killed all (possible) life on Mars, not just in the samples taken, just by having landed there and contaminated the planet. Now that would have been a true tragedy.

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean, to be fair, it would be quintessentially human if we did.

It's kind of our thing to fuck up thriving ecosystems for no good reason.

We've even managed to turn our once vacant exosphere into a high velocity garbage dump, now that's commitment to pollution.

[–] IceMan@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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