Awesome

[Spock]

Originally Posted by Human No More

So you'd destroy other lifeforms simply because you can?
They have a right to a home, to their lives, too... Fine if you terraform a completely dead planet such as Mars, I guess, but any earthlike planets are far more likely to have life.

That depends on how advanced the life forms are....

I also believe you're wrong in one instance, I would not be destroying other life forms because I can. I would be doing it because it is a benefit to humanity. It would be expanding our influence. In saying that, I am not a creature of brutality, if a newly discovered biosphere is too complex I would likely refrain from terraforming. Another factor to consider is how desperately humanity needs brand new expansion space.