I wonder if there might not be some danger here, however.
It doesn't take a great stretch of the imagination to see where this is headed. Although it may sound simple enough, and there are protestations that "this is only to make us healthier," I have an underlying fear.
Fear that we are going where "no one has gone before," because we SHOULDN'T be going there! How did Malcom phrase it in Jurassic Park, "Just because we CAN do it, does that mean we SHOULD do it?"
I reflect back on the tower of Babel. It was allegedly torn asunder because the god of the ancients figured the people were getting too knowledgeable for their own good. Perhaps he saw beyond their simple building project into the future damage the human race could inflict on itself with uncontrolled science.
Mapping DNA - and using the results - could turn into uncontrolled science.
For years, I have wondered privately if the Challenger disaster wasn't some sort of warning. A tipping over of another tower of Babel before it got built too high? That would make God a mean-spirited person UNLESS he was doing it for our own good. Besides, I don't see his hand pulling that o-ring out of shape.....He was just aware that such a disaster could happen and allowed us to spin our way merrily up the ladder to disaster.
I've alwys thought the trillions spent on outer space would have been much more productive exploring our own planet - specificaly the oceans - but that is another story.
Meanwhile, we have tracked DNA, and we are only months away from cloned humans.
Will we be allowed to go much further?
I doubt it.