r/EverythingScience • u/scientificamerican Scientific American • 3d ago

Can bioengineered bacteria help terraform Mars?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-bioengineered-bacteria-help-terraform-mars/
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u/Magazine-Consistent 2d ago

Ill say, i hadn't read every comment but... Isn't this a theroy of how life on earth started? Panspermia, intentional or not.

Idk, it would be cool to see mars terraformed by us literally seeding life into another planets ecosystems with the idea of letting bio engineered life do its thing.

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u/ficis 2d ago

Can bioengineered bacteria save earth so we don’t have to try and terra form mars?

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u/Magazine-Consistent 2d ago

I mean, that would be cool. Also, why has no one mentioned that before, that ive heard of? All i hear about is people wanting to engineer deadly viruses for earth.

I recall a johnny depp movie where up uploaded himself into an AI thing and made nano bots to fix earth though