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QUESTION “Life, uh, finds a way”—Applying lessons from evolution to go to Mars | Ars Technica

“Biomimicry rests upon the idea that evolution has been working in a massively parallel fashion for millions and millions of years to ruthlessly achieve effectiveness—not necessarily perfection!” he says. “It frequently does so in bizarre and unusual ways that you would never think of just approaching it from a strict engineering standpoint. Sometimes the limitations animals have can lead them to new and strange innovations that actually make them even better.”

zblaze 7 Feb 2
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I am a product of some motherfuckers wanting to go west until they bump with "new" land and called it a "discovery". So I am sorry... I am not interested in the colonization of mars. Or whatever engineering is dreaming about.

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All you need to do is look at a poorly maintained parking lot to see that "life" is completely inexorable! You cannot kill it!

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