Curiosity Closes in on its New 'Home'

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zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65748 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1268936 - Posted: 8 Aug 2012, 6:28:26 UTC - in response to Message 1268933. Mars could become Green... Guess that will happen in a couple of billion years when the sun becomes a red giant. Mars could even become livable then. That is if the composition of the atmosphere changes as well and if the humans are still around, which I doubt somehow. Actually it is within the range of human ability and technology, all We'd need to do is warm the planet up some to melt the co2 at the poles, add a plant to break down ammonia into Nitrogen and Hydrogen and of course once the air is warm enough add plants, easily done according to NASA, now of course the one sticking point is making a replacement magnetic field to protect that atmosphere 24/7... Perhaps in the next 50-100 years, as the state of the art of space transportation advances. First, manned exploration missions, then maybe the magnetic field, then greenhouse gasses to thicken the atmosphere and warm the planet a bit..... Some excellent science fiction has been written about terra-forming Mars. Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" trilogy comes immediately to mind. Still it would be one heck of an achievement... A difficult achievement as well I think. Maybe, but just think, then there'd be real live Martians and one could be named Marvin... ;) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1268936 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65748 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1269051 - Posted: 8 Aug 2012, 13:48:05 UTC - in response to Message 1268935. Oh that's a very good pic Andy. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1269051 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1269083 - Posted: 8 Aug 2012, 14:49:57 UTC - in response to Message 1268936. Mars could become Green... Guess that will happen in a couple of billion years when the sun becomes a red giant. Mars could even become livable then. That is if the composition of the atmosphere changes as well and if the humans are still around, which I doubt somehow. Actually it is within the range of human ability and technology, all We'd need to do is warm the planet up some to melt the co2 at the poles, add a plant to break down ammonia into Nitrogen and Hydrogen and of course once the air is warm enough add plants, easily done according to NASA, now of course the one sticking point is making a replacement magnetic field to protect that atmosphere 24/7... Perhaps in the next 50-100 years, as the state of the art of space transportation advances. First, manned exploration missions, then maybe the magnetic field, then greenhouse gasses to thicken the atmosphere and warm the planet a bit..... Some excellent science fiction has been written about terra-forming Mars. Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" trilogy comes immediately to mind. Still it would be one heck of an achievement... A difficult achievement as well I think. Maybe, but just think, then there'd be real live Martians and one could be named Marvin... ;) Wouldn't that be something... rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1269083 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1269522 - Posted: 9 Aug 2012, 16:42:09 UTC Curiosity makes first picture on Mars rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1269522 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1269835 - Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 4:30:06 UTC - in response to Message 1268788. Mars could become Green... Guess that will happen in a couple of billion years when the sun becomes a red giant. Mars could even become livable then. That is if the composition of the atmosphere changes as well and if the humans are still around, which I doubt somehow. Actually it is within the range of human ability and technology, all We'd need to do is warm the planet up some to melt the co2 at the poles, add a plant to break down ammonia into Nitrogen and Hydrogen and of course once the air is warm enough add plants, easily done according to NASA, now of course the one sticking point is making a replacement magnetic field to protect that atmosphere 24/7... Perhaps in the next 50-100 years, as the state of the art of space transportation advances. First, manned exploration missions, then maybe the magnetic field, then greenhouse gasses to thicken the atmosphere and warm the planet a bit..... Some excellent science fiction has been written about terra-forming Mars. Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" trilogy comes immediately to mind. If we could use the magic motorcycle on the Verizion commercial we could get there now... 2 seconds to get from Jersey Shore to West Pheonix? I could live in a space suite long enough to get to Mars at that rate... BOINC WIKI ID: 1269835 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1274934 - Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 17:13:39 UTC Latest news... rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1274934 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65748 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1274941 - Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 17:25:10 UTC Curiosity getting driving lessons at Bradbury Landing, if that landing was an Olympic event, Curiosity would get a GOLD medal... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1274941 ·

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