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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...

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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Scientists propose one way trip to Mars. - 15/11/2010 04:35:40 PM 1207 Views
I'm reading that again right now. - 15/11/2010 04:39:14 PM 711 Views
Logical, but I'll have to read it later; thanks though. - 15/11/2010 04:46:26 PM 694 Views
Interesting idea but a non-starter - 15/11/2010 05:04:38 PM 706 Views
Plenty of volunteers can be found for a suicide mission to Mars. - 15/11/2010 05:22:10 PM 712 Views
Yes... - 15/11/2010 06:42:53 PM 699 Views
yes but the government would never fund it - 15/11/2010 07:24:51 PM 708 Views
Yes, true... - 15/11/2010 08:08:41 PM 708 Views
Willing and able aren't necessarily the same thing - 16/11/2010 04:23:52 PM 672 Views
There is suicidal and then there is 'suicidal'. - 16/11/2010 05:15:52 PM 660 Views
I half-expected the body of this post to read "... for their ex-wives." *NM* - 15/11/2010 07:38:50 PM 342 Views
Ha! - 15/11/2010 08:09:06 PM 645 Views
I've been. Cold, dusty, a little dry... got some pretty pictures, though. *NM* - 15/11/2010 10:26:43 PM 291 Views
I want to go. - 16/11/2010 05:12:23 AM 688 Views
Can we nominate passengers? - 16/11/2010 01:52:06 PM 658 Views
What if we send all the people we don't like... - 16/11/2010 09:44:56 PM 648 Views
And, - 18/11/2010 08:32:02 PM 713 Views
There's a reason that I read 90% of your posts. - 20/11/2010 01:47:53 PM 685 Views
"We are on a vulnerable planet," - 20/11/2010 01:34:01 PM 845 Views

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