Should we send Earth life to other worlds?

Here is an article from Universe today.

Russia Will Send Life to Phobos

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/03/01/russia-will-send-life-to-phobos/

Should we be sending Earth life to other planets?

Transformers will stop them.

Stupid Russians will be the end of us all, what happens if those minute creatures mutate and become planet eaters?

Originally posted by Robtard
Stupid Russians will be the end of us all, what happens if those minute creatures mutate and become planet eaters?

Ah,... we would then be screwed. However, is it asking too much to get a real answer?

Should you? No

Should the Russians? Yes.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Ah,... we would then be screwed. However, is it asking too much to get a real answer?

Real answer: I don't see a problem with it, human space travel to the other planets and beyond is (and should) going to happen; this is just laying the ground-work.

What could possibly go wrong?

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Here is an article from Universe today.

Russia Will Send Life to Phobos

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/03/01/russia-will-send-life-to-phobos/

Should we be sending Earth life to other planets?

I guess these guys never saw "Doctor Who".

Originally posted by Robtard
Real answer: I don't see a problem with it, human space travel to the other planets and beyond is (and should) going to happen; this is just laying the ground-work.

I agree that human space travel is inevitable, but if we find life on another world, how will be be sure it wasn't something that got away from us?

You know that if we do find life the fundys will say that we put is there.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
What could possibly go wrong?

I was going to say "a billion things", as the safe 'bucket' answer, but I narrowed it down to 1,042 things that could go wrong.

Truth is, if we didn't do something because something could go wrong, we still be living in small tribes and using animal feces as insulation against the cold.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I agree that human space travel is inevitable, but if we find life on another world, how will be be sure it wasn't something that got away from us?

You know that if we do find life the fundys will say that we put is there.

That is just about the worst reasoning I could possibly imagine.

Originally posted by Robtard
I was going to say "a billion things", as the safe 'bucket' answer, but I narrowed it down to 1,042 things that could go wrong.

Truth is, if we didn't do something because something could go wrong, we still be living in small tribes and using animal feces as insulation against the cold.

Some of us still you animal feces as insulation.

Anyway, I wasn't advocating against it. Barring something out of science fiction it's fairly not very likely that sending life to another world could come back and bite us.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I agree that human space travel is inevitable, but if we find life on another world, how will be be sure it wasn't something that got away from us?

You know that if we do find life the fundys will say that we put is there.

Well, if we send a copepods to some distant moon and we later travel there and said copepods have somehow thrived, it's to say it was us

Originally posted by Shakyamunison

Russia Will Send Life to Phobos

And here I thought the Space Race ended.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
That is just about the worst reasoning I could possibly imagine.

Then you be the antagonist.

I say no, mostly because I'm paranoid. Maybe it's best to stay hidden from the rest of the universe.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Here is an article from Universe today.

Russia Will Send Life to Phobos

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/03/01/russia-will-send-life-to-phobos/

Should we be sending Earth life to other planets?

Going to need the 'Prime Directive' sooner than later.

I really don't see an issue...

Originally posted by inimalist
I really don't see an issue...

Okay, say the planet is rife with magical energy . . .

Also See: World War Hulk