Essay:  should we implant life on Mars?
The question of whether or not we should implant life on Mars has at its core another question.  Could we implant life on Mars?  As interesting as the ethical considerations of the proposition are--and we shall look at these--they are moot unless the concept itself is feasible.
McKay
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Space Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA.
Haynes
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D017753:Ecosystem; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004989:Ethics; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D018535:Mars