Editing The Ethics of Terraforming and Planetary Rights (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Planetary Protection''' — (COSPAR). "The Body" of "Scientific and Legal Guidelines" for "Preventing" **"Biological Contamination"** of "Other Planets" (Forward contamination) or "Earth" (Backward contamination).
* '''COSPAR''' — (Committee on Space Research). "The International Body" that "Sets" **"Planetary Protection Policies."**
* '''Forward Contamination''' — "The Introduction" of "Earth Life" to "An Alien World" "Before" "We Know" if it "Has" its "Own Life."
* '''Backward Contamination''' — "The Introduction" of "Alien Life" to "Earth" during "Sample Return Missions."
* '''The Intrinsic Value of Wilderness''' — (See Article 665). "The Philosophical Argument" that "Pristine Environments" have "Value" **"In Themselves"** — "Not" just "For Human Benefit."
* '''Microbial Rights''' — The "Emerging Ethical Question": does "Microbial Life" on "Mars" have a **"Right to Exist"** that "Outweighs" "Human Expansion"?
* '''Intergenerational Justice''' — (See Article 665). "The Obligation" to "Leave" "Future Humans" (and "Martians") with **"Options"** — not a "Transformed Planet" they "Did Not Choose."
* '''The Wilderness Argument''' — "The View" that "Even" "Barren" "Rock Worlds" have "Value" as **"Pristine Environments"** "For Science" and "Philosophy."
* '''The Common Heritage Principle''' — "The Legal Idea" that "Space Resources" (The Moon, Mars) "Belong" to **"All of Humanity"** — "Not" "Just" "Those" with "Rockets."
* '''The 'Pale Blue Dot' Argument''' — (Sagan). "The View" that "Our Smallness" "Demands" **"Humility"** in "Our Actions" in "The Cosmos."
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