Trees to be grown on Mars

ANNOVIA ^ | FR Post 12-29-04 | Luiz Cruz Kuri

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Attack of the Martian Tree People"

[Scythian]

[Malsua]

Some Trees, couple hundred Moholes, Some nitrogen from Titan, couple aquifers here and there and Mars too could need some woman.

[Mannaggia l'America]

Are the environmentalists going to sit still for us introducing "non-indigenous species" into Mar's pristine ecosystem?

That's what I was thinking - don't put it past them.

After all, the trees might destroy those "old growth" rocks on Mars.

[Salgak]

No, Helen Thomas is too old and too fat to send to Mars. That pretty much stops the "horrible alien swamp things that attack us and suck our brains out" problem. . .

[massgopguy]

Didn't Martian Customs ask the lander if it was carrying any fruits, plants or other non indiginous flora? How much booze did it sneak up there?

[massgopguy]

"Captain Kirk? You won't give me the Genesis Device?....Okee doke" - Rev. Jim miscast as Klingon

[WildTurkey]

trees create oxegen,

True.

they don't burn it...

Actually, they do burn oxygen.

[reagandemo]

This is total B.S.! NASA just a couple of weeks ago addressed the issue of contamination of other planets and moons by space crafts and this would be a huge contamination of Mars. Sounds like a story from the National Enquirer or Globe's great staff of reporters. (sarcasm off).

[sevry]

Trees to be grown on Mars

WHY?

The 'article' is a joke, correct?

[Physicist]

Because of the high places they grow - with little oxygen and extreme cold - they are thought to be ideal for the project.

Uh, huh. And how do they do without a single drop of water?

[DannyTN]

Seems to me that bacteria would be the way to start. We could probably duplicate martian conditions in a lab and find something that works.

[Lazamataz]

Mezcal!

Marzcal?

[DannyTN]

"WHY?"

Because one plank of wood is just not enough.

[Lazamataz]

I predict a Wal-Mart opening within 2 years of planting the trees.

[Lazamataz]

Trees to be grown on Mars WHY?

Well, where are the little Martian birds gonna put their nests??? HMMMMM, SMART GUY????

[inquest]

Your link doesn't link to this article.

And what's "Annovia"?

[mhking]

Trees to be grown on Mars

Isn't this like contaminating a pristine environment or something? I mean, we wouldn't like it if they started planting stuff here...

That's how David Gerrold's War Against The Chtorr got started, first an innocuous plant got started, then all of a sudden Earth was innundated with shambler trees and other carniverous plant life, not to mention the man-eating (and anything-else-living-eating) cephalopods that showed up later...

[PFC]

And what's "Annovia"

I believe it is a planet near the Klingon Empire.

[Red Badger]

In that thin Martian Atmosphere, a little booze goes a long way!.......