Posted on 11/24/2012 2:48:04 PM PST by BenLurkin
Now THAT'S what Musk should be investing in: bioengineering a Horta. That and finding dilithium crystals.
rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane.
I suggest they take plenty of beans to eat on the way there. Then they can produce some of their own fuel.
There’s a plan for that...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2962433/posts
“Just dont let him have any dogs up there.”
Will the solar system police show up and shoot it?
“who would journey to the Red Planet aboard a huge reusable rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane.”
Does SpaceX plan to use all that non-existent methane on Mars that Curiosity can’t detect?
For his dinner, yes
You really think we have the ability to divert the path of a comet? And even if we could the reason Mars has no surface water is the fact the atmosphere is so thin that the water has either frozen or evaporated at a high rate. New water would evaporate just as fast as the old water did.
To make Mars livable, truly livable, we would have to somehow reinstate a liquid core(molten of course)in the center of the planet thereby re-establishing the magnetic field that would allow the atmosphere to become heavier. With our present technology I don't think this is feasible.
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