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by greedo 2873 days ago
Searching for life robotically would take centuries not "years or decades." And the idea that human colonization will wait until we're sure we're not disturbing nature is a non-starter. We'll go to the moon when we are technically and financially able.

And nothing in the article indicates why terraforming is unfeasible, except the caveat of "with available technology."