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re: What is the deal with colonizing Mars?

Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:46 pm to
Posted by LucasP
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:46 pm to
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Isnt the average temp on Mars like -100 or something?



I don't think Mars has temperatures due to the lack of atmosphere. That's how were gonna colonize it.
Posted by crazycubes
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:47 pm to
I heard that colonizing Venus (living in the upper atmosphere) would be easier
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:49 pm to
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Why those girls only got two tits?


I'm controlling the firewood and high class alien hooker racket.

Somebody else has the charter to start Venusville.
Posted by Webbbster
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:50 pm to
I guess that is what I mean. It's a vicious, barren wasteland of frigid, dead, oxygenless nothingness. If we could transform an uninhabitable planet into a habitable one, I would think it would be far easier to make our current planet more habitable.

Trump's re-election campaign theme...

Make Mars Great Again
Posted by tiggerthetooth
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:50 pm to
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But he's probably the single most intelligent man in the media today. It is wise to take him seriously


He's a clear special interest group. He stands to make money off such a venture.

He is intelligent about his specific field, but not really worth listening to regarding other many other areas.
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:52 pm to
PSA: There's a new series about a fictional first mission to Mars on National Geographic Channel tomorrow night. You can stream it now on their website.
Posted by AjaxFury
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:54 pm to
That's why they are experimenting with CHEM trails...see if they can terraform mars and manufacture an atmosphere that's breathable
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:55 pm to
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I heard that colonizing Venus (living in the upper atmosphere) would be easier


Not with our current technology. Mars is much easier now.
Posted by Pectus
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:56 pm to
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so we'd have to colonize it with trees before we can live there.


First off...how are you going to make an atmosphere like ours for the trees to grow in.


Second, trees suck at O2 conversion over their lifetime.

Why not the real powerhouses of O2, the photoautotrophic protists!
This post was edited on 11/13/16 at 4:58 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:58 pm to
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I guess that is what I mean. It's a vicious, barren wasteland of frigid, dead, oxygenless nothingness. If we could transform an uninhabitable planet into a habitable one, I would think it would be far easier to make our current planet more habitable.


Yes, but we need some insurance as a species, and Mars is it.

Do you have any idea how many times we've come close to WWIII over a flock of geese? Sorry, but we need aa other planet to assure our survival as a species.
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:58 pm to
So how would you create gravity on Mars without trees? You can't do it, I know a lot of people hate the idea of treeing a planet but it seems unavoidable.



ETA pectus your out of your fricking element, these issues deal with science not geology.
This post was edited on 11/13/16 at 5:00 pm
Posted by mailman
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 4:59 pm to
Posted by Vegas Eddie
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:00 pm to
Humans will never live on Mars
Posted by Pectus
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:01 pm to
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So how would you create gravity on Mars without trees?



I actually wanted to get a cerebral debate going.


But for real, you can pack way more protists and grow them much easier than trees.


That being said, trees grow towards the light, not matter their starting orientation. So, you don't have to worry about lack of gravity.
Posted by SEClint
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Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:02 pm to
quote:

Humans will never live on Mars


People once said theyd never go to the moon either.

Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:03 pm to
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Humans will never live on Mars


Then we shall die, and soon.
Posted by Webbbster
Member since Oct 2013
195 posts
Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:05 pm to
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Sorry, but we need aa other planet to assure our survival as a species.


That is my main point in the OP. There is a difference between creating a survival outpost per se and colonizing the planet - aspiring to have a civilization live there. It just seems to be an exercise in futility over what I perceive is hyper climate change paranoia (or more likely special interest greed).
Posted by ehidal1
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:07 pm to
So the plan is to colonize a planet that has no water, toxic air to humans, and takes years to travel there? All in the event that Earth becomes inhabitable? I get that we are curious and explorers by nature, but this is dumb as shite.

Although a trip to Mars may be worth it to bag chicks with 3 tits.
Posted by stinkdawg
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:14 pm to
We already have a colony on Mars. This is just away to get more taxes.
Posted by Pectus
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Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:16 pm to
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ETA pectus your out of your fricking element, these issues deal with science not geology.




Mark my words: One of the first people to put their feet on the Martian surface will be a planetary geologist.

I am SOOOOOO in my element!
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