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StephenPetranekinthebookJakbędziemyżyćnaMarsie(whichtranslatesasHowwewill
liveonMars),
5alongwithspecialistliteratureinthefieldofbiotechnology,suchasLeksykon
biotechnologiiśrodowiskowej
6,andBiotechnologia7(translatingasLexiconofenvironmental
biotechnologyandBiotechnologyrespectively).Otherkeysourcesincludearticlesfrom
NASAarchives,forinstance,“NASAReleasesPlanOutliningNextStepsintheJourneyto
Mars,”
8aswellasresourcesofvariousspaceagenciessuchastheESA,publishedonwebsites
concerning,amongothers,theMELiSSAproject,beingavitalpartofthemissionof
colonization.
Toacquiremoredetailedknowledgeonthesubjectmatter,researchusingaprototype
ofMartiansoilcreatedbyscientistsfromTexaswascarriedout.Theresultsofthese
experimentshavebeenpresentedinthesectiondedicatedtothegrowingofplantsinregolith
presentontheRedPlanet.
Lastbutnotleast,interviewsandsurveysrevealingviews
expressedbydistinguishedscientistsonthesubjectofMarscolonizationanextremely
importantpartoftheworkisalsoanextremelyimportantpartofthethesis.
Tosumup,thedissertationisaimedtoprovehowrelevanttheworkof
biotechnologistsisforthecolonizationofMars,aswellastoanswerthequestionposedinthe
subtitle–“Isbiotechnologytheonlychanceofthehumanrace’ssurvival?”.
1.WHATISBIOTECHNOLOGYANDWHATISITCONCERNEDWITH?
Thedefinitionoftheword“Biotechnology”foundinthePWNEncyclopediareadsas
follows:“biotechnology[gr.bíos‘life’,téchnē‘art’,‘craft’,lógos‘word’,‘science’],
interdisciplinaryfieldofscienceusingknowledgeofbiochemistry,microbiology,and
engineeringsciences,comprisingavarietyoftechnicalfieldsofuseofbiologicalmaterials
andprocesses(inparticular,itincludesprocessesofbiosynthesisandbiotransformation
occurringwiththepartofmicrobes,tissuecultures–vegetableandanimal–invitroaswell
5Petranek,StephenL.JakbędziemyżyćnaMarsie.GrupaWydawniczaRelacja.Warszawa2018
6Fikus,Magdalena:Biotechnologia,SeriaOmega,WydawnictwoPowszechne,Warszawa1989
7Barbusiński,Krzysztof:Leksykonbiotechnologiiśrodowiskowej,WydawnictwoNaukowePWN,Warszawa
1999.
8Schierholz,Stephanie.NASAReleasesPlanOutliningNextStepsintheJourneytoMars.NASA8.10.2015,
owninterpretation.https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-releases-plan-outlining-next-steps-in-the-journey-to-
mars(accessedat14.10,11.08.2018)