Parks

<a title="Scientists propose conservation parks on Mars" href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041122/full/041122-15.html" target="_blank">Conservation parks on Mars</a>. Sounds a little bit like they are putting the cart before the horse to me.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Next time you go for a stroll on Mars, be sure you don't leave any litter behind. A plan to keep parts of the red planet in their pristine state could see seven areas turned into 'planetary parks', regulated just like national parks here on Earth.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSeems to me like we should be worring about more practical problems before such wild-eyed fantasies.<br />n<br />n<b>The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. Mencken</b>