Logical, but I'll have to read it later; thanks though.
Joel Send a noteboard - 15/11/2010 04:46:26 PM
Some of you may be familiar with the Kim Stanley Robinson novel, Red Mars, where a small collection scientists are sent to Mars to explore, study, and prepare the planet for habitation. Well, the idea seems to be gaining a foothold in the actual scientific community now.
Here is a brief article about this proposal...
Here is a brief article about this proposal...
It's cold, and needs some plantlife to turn the CO2 into O2, but otherwise it seems very doable. The soil is rich, the sunlight ample and there's a water source. I'm still betting on indentured servitude for colonization though, which would bother me less if I didn't also expect the people trashing this planet to see a Mars colony as their exit strategy.
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LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Scientists propose one way trip to Mars.
15/11/2010 04:35:40 PM
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Logical, but I'll have to read it later; thanks though.
15/11/2010 04:46:26 PM
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Interesting idea but a non-starter
15/11/2010 05:04:38 PM
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Plenty of volunteers can be found for a suicide mission to Mars.
15/11/2010 05:22:10 PM
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You may know more about it than I do, but I'm not sure you're right.
15/11/2010 06:26:16 PM
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I think you may be under estimating how much supplies two people would need to last them forty years
15/11/2010 07:50:24 PM
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Re: I think you may be under estimating how much supplies two people would need to last them forty
15/11/2010 10:20:48 PM
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15/11/2010 11:26:51 PM
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I half-expected the body of this post to read "... for their ex-wives." *NM*
15/11/2010 07:38:50 PM
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I've been. Cold, dusty, a little dry... got some pretty pictures, though. *NM*
15/11/2010 10:26:43 PM
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Paul Davies wrote one of my favorite books: God and the New Physics. Excellent book.
16/11/2010 04:52:03 AM
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Can we nominate passengers?
16/11/2010 01:52:06 PM
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