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In reply to the discussion: Terraforming Mars [View all]Quixote1818
(31,156 posts)17. Actually, once Earth gets too hot to live on and Mars is warming up
since humans have already seeded Mars with microbes by accident with the Rover and can seed it even more later with other plants and animals. We probably won't need to do much. The oceans will form and life will begin to spread. It will probably be in pretty good shape by the time humans need to leave in say 7 Billion years in the remote chance we are still around then.
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+1. But it's a nice diversion while all Earth's resources are stolen, though.
freshwest
Oct 2012
#26
Cool video, but until we "terraform" our strip mines, I don't think we should fuck up another planet
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#20
Dead, or dormant? Earth had long "dead" periods. Our propulsion methods are deficient.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#34
Well, the "no magnetic field" thing is significant, but Curiosity has pretty much proven water.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#36
More to the point, what kinds of life has Mars sent here? And not just mars, asteroids.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#42