[Viking2002]

Given that this article ran in the AJC, it sounds suspiciously like another volley being fired by the 'sky is falling' enviro-whacko crowd. They'll be the ones eventually scaling a rocket gantry, protesting 'human pollution of a pristine cosmos', or some other silliness like that. Mark my words - the second it looks like we're gearing up a genuine space exploration effort, those bed-wetters will be thicker than flies.