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41. I had no idea that there was to be a TV series.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 10:53 AM

Sep 2015

I haven't had a TV since 2011.

Actually had never read any Robinson until 2012 and read the Mars Trilogy, the California Trilogy, and several others. Good writer.

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Elon Musk Says It's Time To Nuke Mars [View all] Blue_Adept Sep 2015 OP

While we still haven't figured out how to stop anti-terraforming Earth. n/t arcane1 Sep 2015 #1

No, but interestingly enough, what is bad for Earth would be good for Mars. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #17

We could send Trump for a trip. That gasbag should be large enough! nt. Juicy_Bellows Sep 2015 #23

Bad idea, didn't anyone learn from when NASA bombed the moon? Rex Sep 2015 #2

You're a Martian sympathizer, aren't you? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #3

No not at all (one has a laser pistol aimed at my back) they just get a bad wrap. Rex Sep 2015 #4

Ack ack ack ack ACK! saturnsring Sep 2015 #5

YODle! Yodel for your life! csziggy Sep 2015 #48

What was the problem with the Moon bombing? gvstn Sep 2015 #7

It didn't work. Rex Sep 2015 #8

Who doesn't love fried cheese? leveymg Sep 2015 #9

The arrogant Lunamen had it coming. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #12

We had to strike first NBachers Sep 2015 #30

Are you just stringing us along? frylock Sep 2015 #25

here's a trip into the way-back machine of the bizarre. Enjoy! Javaman Sep 2015 #11

That thread just never gets old. Dr. Strange Sep 2015 #14

it truly is the never ending gift. LOL Javaman Sep 2015 #16

Thanks! That was an EPIC thread! Rex Sep 2015 #18

I knew before I looked it had to be the shoot the moon thread. lonestarnot Sep 2015 #21

Warren DeMontague was just killing it! frylock Sep 2015 #29

We BOMBED the moon??? PatrickforO Sep 2015 #27

check out the answer here Javaman Sep 2015 #36

Colbert agreed once Musk told him about the Martian Bears. yellowcanine Sep 2015 #6

just got back from Venus olddots Sep 2015 #10

Uranus smells worse Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #13

But how do you feel about Uranus as a whole? whatchamacallit Sep 2015 #45

Green and gassy, to be sure Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #47

Only billionaires will ever, if ever, leave this planet. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #15

And John Galt will lead the way. Kablooie Sep 2015 #19

Oh don't kid yourself. Those turds already have a bunch of arks. They got it figured out. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #28

I don't think my post showed i am kidding myself. If it can happen at all, billionaires will be the WinkyDink Sep 2015 #35

But what if we can rid the planet of telephone sanitizers, middle managers, etc. longship Sep 2015 #31

He did not say that! lonestarnot Sep 2015 #20

But, he did acknowledge that he is a supervillian. mucifer Sep 2015 #32

Well his other wacky ideas seem to work out ... DirkGently Sep 2015 #22

What the world wants to know is, where is Elon's Musk for men? Juicy_Bellows Sep 2015 #24

I preferred guiding comets so that they collide with Mars, adding water, hydrocarbons, and other Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #26

Sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson Kotya Sep 2015 #42

I remember the book. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #46

The context of the interview is important davidpdx Sep 2015 #33

Yes that is what he said. lonestarnot Sep 2015 #34

Well, yeah Blue_Adept Sep 2015 #39

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #37

I loved those books when they started coming out Blue_Adept Sep 2015 #38

I had no idea that there was to be a TV series. PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #41

I hadn't scrolled down yet to read your post Kotya Sep 2015 #43

Mr. Show had that idea back in 1995. Initech Sep 2015 #40

fuck Mars Bucky Sep 2015 #44