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Should we be thinking about genetic modifications for the humans that we send to colonise Mars? (continued)
Damir Blazina
Chester, Cheshire, UK
Previous answers to this question mentioned several sci-fi works that are relevant to this topic. I would like to add one more suggestion for interested readers.
In his 1957 collection of short stories, The Seedling Stars, US writer James Blish explored the topic of modifying humans to be able to thrive in extraterrestrial environments, coining the term “pantropy” for the process.
Perhaps the best-known story is Surface Tension,…
