/dev/null Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=red-planet-alert-massive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 One idea I've seen to make Mars habitable is to create greenhouse gases on the planet. They could send machines that would do that for them. After enough greenhouse gas is in the atmosphere it would warm the planet up and start melting some of the water. I'm not sure if melting the water would increase the oxygen levels but I'm sure that's fixable too. It would be far beyond our lifetimes for that to happen even if they started today but it's still really cool to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Watch Total Recall last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 if the water starts melting, won't it just drip on us? that could cause quite a mess One idea I've seen to make Mars habitable is to create greenhouse gases on the planet. They could send machines that would do that for them. After enough greenhouse gas is in the atmosphere it would warm the planet up and start melting some of the water. I'm not sure if melting the water would increase the oxygen levels but I'm sure that's fixable too. It would be far beyond our lifetimes for that to happen even if they started today but it's still really cool to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 One idea I've seen to make Mars habitable is to create greenhouse gases on the planet. They could send machines that would do that for them. After enough greenhouse gas is in the atmosphere it would warm the planet up and start melting some of the water. why don't they just send you up there? you spew enough gas from both ends to handle things. BTW...what's gravity like on Mars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 One idea I've seen to make Mars habitable is to create greenhouse gases on the planet. They could send machines that would do that for them. After enough greenhouse gas is in the atmosphere it would warm the planet up and start melting some of the water. I'm not sure if melting the water would increase the oxygen levels but I'm sure that's fixable too. It would be far beyond our lifetimes for that to happen even if they started today but it's still really cool to think about. BTW...what's gravity like on Mars? One theory about Mars weak atmosphere is that there isn't enough gravity to sustain an atmosphere Another theory I just ran across... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21nov_plasmoids.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 if the water starts melting, won't it just drip on us? that could cause quite a mess Those Martians better take global warming a lot more seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Those Martians better take global warming a lot more seriously. No blood for Illudium Pu-36! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 No blood for Illudium Pu-36! But if we only had a space modulator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Do the little green men live in igloos ? http://www.schools.ash.org.au/elanorah/higloos.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 One theory about Mars weak atmosphere is that there isn't enough gravity to sustain an atmosphere Another theory I just ran across... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21nov_plasmoids.htm So if the stuff melts it just floats away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 So if the stuff melts it just floats away? Like a messy fart in the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Like a messy fart in the wind So you agree that Steely Dan's theory is dum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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