Ice oceans discovered on Mars!

[Sandman]

Sandman. a Gigantic canopee is nof feasable for human logistical and technological skills for at least another 10000 years, and even that if all goes smoothly.

Well, the gravity on Mars is only 1/3 of Earths, and the canopy would be light anyway so I don't see it as that much of a problem.

crash a few more comets into Mars.

If the Earth was running out of water, would crashing comets onto it be an acceptable solution? Comets tend to destroy things...

But I think that any atmosphere would persist for long enough anyway.

[KrazyHorse]

Sure; crash into Pacific. On Mars, crash into the highlands (not likely to ever be inhabited due to low pressure).

[TCO]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


That's the current system. How American; why bother to negotiate for what you can just steal?

Why bother to negotiate when you already own it like an Israili squatter!




p.s. I'm joking about the US "owning" the oceans. I would admit that we have a very strong interest in "freedom of the seas" and actually prefr more of an "open range" policy rather than a division into compounds. You can freely speculate on why we feel this way...and why others feel different. AND what the "right" policy is. Looking at The Law of the Sea treaty arguments will show you this dynamic.

[Dauphin]

Oceans are for dolphins. Keep Out. All of you.

[Sandman]

Sure; crash into Pacific.

Which would surely create a tsunami.

[The Mad Monk]

I think I'd rather try reducing the Venusian atmosphere to tolerable levels. Given what we're learning about bio-engineering and the ability of natural microbes to deal with searing heat and crushing pressure, I doubt a workable solution is very far off.

[Az]

yeah, TMM , and then pour a gigantic cup of water on it , to cool the surface off .

[The Mad Monk]

We can get the water from Mars!

[Az]

[Sandman]

How are you going to speed the planets rotation up?

Currently, Venus' 'days' last for 234 Earth days. Its years are shorter than that!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Sandman


Which would surely create a tsunami.

Move people away from coastal areas.

[red_jon]

Ooh, now we have to think of the name for the gay capital of Mars

What would we seriously name our Martian cities? What would Europeans call them? Or Americans?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by GP
p.s. I'm joking about the US "owning" the oceans. I would admit that we have a very strong interest in "freedom of the seas" and actually prefr more of an "open range" policy rather than a division into compounds. You can freely speculate on why we feel this way...and why others feel different. AND what the "right" policy is. Looking at The Law of the Sea treaty arguments will show you this dynamic.

Only problem I have with open range oceans is environmental problems (read overfishing). Even with a 200 km enforcement barrier we've still got the Japanese and Spanish squatting at 201 km and destroying what's left of the cod stocks while we prevent our own fishermen from earning a living to improve the situation.

[Jack the Bodiless]

IIRC, a moderately dense atmosphere could be established quickly on Mars by asteroid bombardment of the polar regions. The composition of the asteroids doesn't really matter, the polar CO2 would do it. It would eventually either be lost to space or freeze out at the poles again, but not for millennia.

And there are big advantages to giving Mars a decent atmosphere even if it isn't breathable. You don't need to build pressure domes (just reasonably airtight tents), and you could step outside with a warm coat and an oxygen mask rather than a hermetically-sealed spacesuit.

[Ned]

Why are we even talking about terraforming Mars? To do that would require a vast political transformation on earth. Environmentalists would go bezerk, wouldn't they?