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In article <1993Jan11.150737.29688@ke4zv.uucp>, gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary
Coffman) writes:
|>We like to think that life is infinitely adaptable, but what it
|>adapts
|>*into* may not be recognizably human or even terrestrial under extra-
|>terrestrial conditions. A long term space habitat could clarify the 

With all of the talk recently about saving endangered species, why not
create a few from
scratch?  Sure there will be mutations from the Homo Sapiens norm, much
as the various
races on Earth have adapted (in minor ways such as skin tint), but these
mutations will
allow the evolving species to survive easier in its new "natural"
environment.

So, if we decide to send man into space to live, don't expect him to
come back looking
as he did when he left.  Besides, if we can't find another intelligent
species in the neighborhood, 
we may as well make one.

Hugh

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