life on mars

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Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, February 16 2004 04:30 Profile Homepage #25 Uh, why quote yourself? I think there's no life on Mars, but perhaps there might be some fossilized stuff. And it'll probably be more than 100 years until an attempt to establish a colony or something was made, though someone might land on the planet before then. Oh, and welcome back ASD! Where have you been? (no, I joined long after you left, but I've been told about several of the more famous oldbies... ) -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Sir Motrax of Exile Senile Reptile Member # 547	written Monday, February 16 2004 07:57 Profile #26 Well, using a "biodome" model of colonization wouldn't require terraforming a whole planet - it would just require terraforming one or two square miles. Which in my opinion is a rather monumental task considering how much it costs to send a single metal box on wheels up to the moon. As a side note, who coined the word "terraform?" EDIT: Ugly ugly spelling errors. [ Monday, February 16, 2004 07:58: Message edited by: Death by a Waveform ] -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1614 | Registered: Wednesday, January 23 2002 08:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, February 16 2004 07:59 Profile Homepage #27 I've seen the word in a book by Carl Sagan, but I don't think he said who coined it... *checks to see*. -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Schrodinger FAQSELF Member # 3	written Monday, February 16 2004 08:01 Profile #28 The moon may have water ice at its poles. Mars has an abundance of ice near its poles as well, in addition to a lot of CO2 ice. The moon may also have abundant easily accessible iron ore, if the Apollo mission return rocks are to be believed. -------------------- A few cats short of a kitten pot pie... Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives. Check out a great source for information on Avernum 2, Nethergate, and Subterra: Zeviz's page. Finally, there's my Geneforge FAQ and Geneforge 2 FAQ. Posts: 2831 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
SpineRaker Apprentice Member # 3920	written Monday, February 16 2004 17:47 Profile Homepage #29 Though I don't know who coined it, and I don't think you can find out, "terraform" makes since to use as a title for what it does. Lets sit down for a quick review shall we **busts out the graduation cap from out of nowhere and wips out a long stick to point to a chalk board** For those of you who don't know, and I hope there are very little...lol...in laymens terms, to terraform something means to change it to inhabitable, wrather than UNinhabitable. The exact phrase from websters I can't get right now, as the word does not apear to be in my dictionary...(GUH! Thats really sad Webster....lol. i HATE you...) Moving on, we can break down the word by using simple Latin, and simple english logic. Terra: Earth, Earthen Spirit, Mother Spirit Form: Change, state of being, material being Terra (Earth) Form (Change). EarthChange. Putting it this way, we can easily see that the word was probably coined by some idjot that was paid a few "measily" million to come up with, over at NASA. So in a nutshell, I think someone at NASA did it . (though again, I dont know...and I doubt you can officially find out.) This has been a wounderful Happy Hour, funded and brought to you by our friends: spiders. Cuz as we all know, they are the only food we eat....in our sleep -------------------- "I am not stubborn, your just stupid." Posts: 40 | Registered: Saturday, January 24 2004 08:00

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