Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Nathan Zachary

Well that depends on if there really *is* a large anout of water there. Perhaps if there were, converters could be set up, and Mars could be Terraformed over a couple of hundred years...Or more...Ever read ‘Dune’?


10 posted on 08/01/2008 12:24:38 AM PDT by DGHoodini (Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]


To: DGHoodini
"Mars could be Terraformed over a couple of hundred years...Or more...Ever read ‘Dune’?"

Yes. But remember, it's science fiction.

What would be the point of terraforming a planet that never gets above -100c? even if something could be made to grow in that temperature? It would STILL be uninhabitable by man for many reasons, temperature, gravity, radiaton.

It's near impossible to live at the north pole on earth for any significant length of time, never mind mars with the barest of supplies and shelter.

Maybe in another 500 years or so we can go for a quick visit when we discover warp engines, Scotty. Or learn to open up worm holes, or space portals, or...

16 posted on 08/01/2008 12:38:25 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson