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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6850941" data-attributes="member: 177">With respect - there's not a whole lot of contagion risk.&nbsp; We are at much higher risk of contaminating Mars than it contaminating us at this point.&nbsp; Whoever goes will have *years* to incubate infection - we'll know if they are a threat before they get back.&nbsp; The real issue to coming back is energy, not contagion.Cooperate.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Simple:&nbsp; The United States the the only country with a proven track record of soft-landing probes on the surface of Mars, and even we don't get it right all the time.&nbsp; And,if you are in a race, and you botch that landing, you are now completely *out* of the race.&nbsp; The risk of looking like complete idiots is high.&nbsp; So, cooperate.Begin rant:Safeguard?&nbsp; Against what?&nbsp; Note that this isn't a Stargate.&nbsp; There is no implication of super-advanced technology.&nbsp; If the Martians were going to come and get us, they'd have done it already.&nbsp; Chill out, for cryin' out loud.End rant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6850941, member: 177"] With respect - there's not a whole lot of contagion risk. We are at much higher risk of contaminating Mars than it contaminating us at this point. Whoever goes will have *years* to incubate infection - we'll know if they are a threat before they get back. The real issue to coming back is energy, not contagion. Cooperate. Why? Simple: The United States the the only country with a proven track record of soft-landing probes on the surface of Mars, and even we don't get it right all the time. And,if you are in a race, and you botch that landing, you are now completely *out* of the race. The risk of looking like complete idiots is high. So, cooperate. Begin rant: Safeguard? Against what? Note that this isn't a Stargate. There is no implication of super-advanced technology. If the Martians were going to come and get us, they'd have done it already. Chill out, for cryin' out loud. End rant. [/QUOTE]

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