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Jul 6 2010, 05:41 AM
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Chillin Like a Villain Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 5-September 09 From: A magical land of none of your business Member No.: 61 630 Burning clouds |
Im sure some people heard about the mars project.
Well for the people that dont know. Nasa is planning to send people to mars to plant algae on it. You may ask how are they gonna plant something there? and why the heck algae? Well heres your awnser since mars is full of carbon the stuff that plants live off of besides sunlight and water. If youve ever heard someone say "you have to talk to the plant so that it will grow" is because of the fact that when we humans exhale we spit out carbon,nitrogen,oxygen and other crap that happens to be sucked in the air that our body didnt like and shot back out. The reason for the algae is because it likes carbon and excuse if im wrong but i think its able to survive longer on a planet like mars than other plants and flowers. Now if the project is actually put into place and if its successful then after a few months to years or decade mars will have oxygen and i think there was something else about mars that made it possible for water. Making it possible for humans to survive and hopefully live on mars. Phew now that thats covered heres the question. Should NASA actually attempt this soon since yaknow economic financial fail is going on atm and if NASA sucks the rest of the cash out then what? well there it is should NASA wait about another decade or so or just have fun with it This post has been edited by shou75: Jul 6 2010, 05:42 AM -------------------- |
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Jul 7 2010, 06:36 PM
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WOOMY Group: +Donors Posts: 232 Joined: 17-February 08 From: Mt. Pyre, Hoenn Member No.: 1 165 Plushie Collection |
Me being an aspiring astronomer, I'd have to say that they should do it, but wait. As you said, economic financial fail right now. I hear all the time that we're coming out of it but I certainly don't see it. I don't see it at all. I'm hoping that it will be fixed within the next decade...
I would love to see Mars develop into another planet capable of supporting life. Mars may be our only hope. In another few hundreds of years, maybe even sooner, the Earth will either be drowned by fully-melted ice caps, burned by the expanding and growing-ever-hotter Sun, or just choked with pollution. I'll admit, I've fantasized about the day that Mars became a habitable planet and the intelligent population went there to start a new life and work hard to prevent Mars from meeting the same fate as Earth, while all the rejects and idiots of the world (hobos, criminals, drop-outs who mooch off of their parents, etc.) get left behind to rot. It's cruel, yeah, but no one likes socially and mentally inept people. -------------------- Twitch Plays Pokemon has taught me three things: - Praise Helix - The PC and the B button are both evil incarnate - Never bet on Entei I have claims on Banette... but that should be obvious. Avatar Source |
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Jul 8 2010, 04:54 AM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 6-July 10 Member No.: 104 205 Active Squad |
Minor correction: It's Carbon Dioxide that the plants like, not carbon. Converting carbon to oxygen would be an extremely impressive display of fusion.
Anyway, I think NASA (or some other government's space agency) should go ahead and begin terraforming Mars, if only to show that it is possible. It'll take a long time, but people will be more inclined to research stuff pertaining to terraforming and so we'll probably get some nifty gadgets out of it too. -------------------- |
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Jul 10 2010, 10:21 PM
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A New Era Group: +Donors Posts: 1 920 Joined: 2-July 07 From: United States Member No.: 28 Active Squad |
Another planet for us to fuck up
If they wanted to show it was possible, then why not the moon instead? It's a lot closer, and much more practical for experimental purposes. -------------------- |
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Jul 11 2010, 09:50 PM
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WOOMY Group: +Donors Posts: 232 Joined: 17-February 08 From: Mt. Pyre, Hoenn Member No.: 1 165 Plushie Collection |
If they wanted to show it was possible, then why not the moon instead? It's a lot closer, and much more practical for experimental purposes. But it might be too small, and its lack of rotation could be a problem as well, due to the fact that a big part of the moon would remain dark for a long period of time and be too cold for humans and animals to survive. -------------------- Twitch Plays Pokemon has taught me three things: - Praise Helix - The PC and the B button are both evil incarnate - Never bet on Entei I have claims on Banette... but that should be obvious. Avatar Source |
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Jul 16 2010, 06:04 AM
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Chosen one of Lightning Group: +Donors Posts: 296 Joined: 17-February 10 From: CT Member No.: 85 007 Thunder Team |
We're not gonna make it to the moon not for another couple decades, until we can go to the moon again for the 2 time, we ain't going anywhere
Anyone we'd send to mars would die before they even think about coming back -------------------- |
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Jul 25 2010, 03:16 PM
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Alolan Champion Group: +Donors Posts: 200 Joined: 19-February 09 From: Massachusetts, USA Member No.: 4 107 Active Squad |
Another planet for us to fuck up If they wanted to show it was possible, then why not the moon instead? It's a lot closer, and much more practical for experimental purposes. In response: QUOTE(Wikipedia) The average daytime abundances of the elements known to be present in the lunar atmosphere, in atoms per cubic centimeter, are as follows: Argon: 40,000 Helium: 2,000-40,000 Sodium: 70 Potassium: 17 Hydrogen: fewer than 17 The moon has no carbon dioxide. Therefore, Algae can't survive on the moon, nor any living being as we know it. -------------------- |
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Jul 27 2010, 12:08 PM
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Stalking like a Weeping Angel Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 18-January 08 Member No.: 889 COOKIE Team |
I think they should do it now. In my opinon, better sooner than later. The Earth might be damaged to the point where its irreversible in the future. The sun will expand in iirc 5 billion years, and it might be best to plan for the future of our species, long before the sun turns into a red giant.
Who knows, NASA's funding may get reduced, in the future, so this is another reason that it should happen now. Most likely in another decade, the earth will be overpolluted. People may say we are doing a lot to reduce the effect, but in reality we're not doing anything. -------------------- |
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Aug 18 2010, 01:31 PM
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woof Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 23-June 09 From: The computer, where else? Member No.: 37 597 My Roster (I wish!) |
Go Go Go NASA! save humanity ASAP!
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Aug 19 2010, 07:07 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 3-June 09 From: Northeast united states Member No.: 30 164 Battle Squad |
It's a good idea and i'm all for it, but the major problem is the fact that Mars has a thin atmosphere. It's true plants convert carbon-dioxide to oxygen, but the oxygen might leak out of the atmosphere. We need to think of some way to strengthen Mars' atmosphere or create an artificial one.
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