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Do no harm to life on Mars? Ethical limits of the 'Prime Directive'

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imageWe're on the hunt for life – what do we do when we find it?NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY

NASA’s chief scientist recently announced that “…we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years.” Such a discovery...

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