Trees to be grown on Mars

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

[Busywhiskers]

Good news for the timber industry.

[U S Army EOD]

Not if the Martain Spotted Owl moves in.

[Phsstpok]

It's probably a good idea to practice this on Mars first before we find an inhabited planet and have to deal with the complexities of integrating terrestrial life in a xenoecosystem.

Big assumption about Mars, based on the lack of concrete information that we have and the indications of unexplained "biology like" processes.

I'm actually more concerned about the reverse, however. I want the ISS finished and fully manned, with an international treaty that no nation will bring back extraterrestrial samples to Earth without a really long stay on board ISS for in depth investigation. I would enforce this with a promise to nuke any sample return mission that was coming straight back to Earth, just in case.

I wasn't real happy with the Genesis mission, either. I was particularly displeased when they did an imitation of the success of Oliver Stone's Alexander on their return. Kinda broke containment on any potentially hazardous materials they brought back with that landing, dontcha thing?

[anymouse]

you know in about 7900000 years there might be enough oxygen on the planet to support humans :)

Apparently you never saw "Total Recall." ;)

There is a lot of oxygen locked up in ice at Mars poles and potentially under ground in many other locations on Mars. the trick is eletrolysizing it in significant quantities.

The bigger problem is there isn't a significant magnetic fields around Mars, protecting the surface from certain harmful radiation types.

[anymouse]

You might want to provide the correct link to the article.

Annanova isn't exactly a credible source anyway, but it would be nice to read the source article.

[capitan_refugio]

Interesting post. Is this serious?

If someone were really interested in terraforming Mars, I'd start by seeding some blue-green algae.