Cold Fusion38
SUPER GENIUS
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Well eventually we will out grow the Earth so if we could teraform Mars we would have another planet to live on. Another good point is that we may find elements that we don't have on the Earth and could be very usefull like Hydrogen 3.
If we out grow earth, we're fucked. Terra forming is nothing more than a dream. No one even knows if it's viable.
We better take care of what we have, because space is nowhere for a human being to be.
Actually ... with technology where it is now, sure it's a dream ... but dreams brought us computers and robotics. It's not that we just can't do it, but the fact that people stopped dreaming. If we ever did find a way to make long term colonization possible, Mars would be a possible goal, unlike our moon Luna, there are resources there that would be possible to mine for not only use here, but to fuel the return trip. Which oddly makes Mars cost effective, but time to get there and back is a problem, a huge one, right now, and I don't see us progressing far enough to eliminate that anytime soon.
KK I think I have seen what you are talking about......The idea is to send an unmaned mars lander that will start producing fuel and will have a habitat unit. I think each time they send another manned mission they leave behind modules for living space. If we could plant leafy green plants at the polar region it would attract more light and heat and melt the CO2 ice and create an atmosphere. At least that is how the possibility of tera forming goes. Would it take hundreds of years YES but we can start now or start later.....I vote for NOW!