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Biology and the Planetary Engineering of Mars
Julian A. Hiscox
Department of Microbiology,
BBRB 17, Room 361,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Al 35294-2170, USA.
E-mail: Julian_Hiscox@micro.microbio.uab.edu

I. Introduction

From the perspective of biology, planetary engineering is the ability to alter the environment of a planet so that terrestrial organisms can survive and grow (McKay, 1982). The feasibility of altering

planetary environments is clearly demonstrated by mankind’s activities on the Earth (Levine, 1991; Fogg, 1995a) and it is increasingly apparent that in the near term future mankind will gain the Continue reading »


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