/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3057789
Genetically modifying humans could have disastrous consequences, and I'm quite sure there'll be a big moral outcry about it. However modifying animals, plants and insects will be very helpful in aiding the soil development of Mars.

D'awwww, hit the bump limit

Until next time.

>>2895190
Seen it, done that
I want some 0.376G's.

>>2614267
Please call your congressman to plead for extra funding to NASA. What the fuck do you think I'm trying to do?

>>2423798
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars#Carbon_dioxide_sublimation
>There is presently enough carbon dioxide (CO2) as ice in the Martian south pole and absorbed by regolith (soil) around the planet that, if sublimated to gas by a climate warming of only a few degrees, would increase the atmospheric pressure to 300 millibars,[citation needed] which is comparable to that at the peak of Mount Everest. While this would not be breathable by humans, it would eliminate the present need for pressure suits, melt the water ice at Mars' north pole (flooding the northern basin), and bring the year-round climate above freezing over approximately half of Mars' surface. This would enable the introduction of plant life, particularly plankton in the new northern sea, to start converting the atmospheric CO2 into oxygen.

There is frozen water in other places on Mars, just under the sand/rock.

Tharsis Montes? Possible metal-rich area with geothermal vents and some nearby water ice deposits.

When I was 14 I got a new cheapshit telescope from my mother. I went out and I saw Mars' polar caps.

That pretty much decided what I wanted to do with my life.

Awww yeeeeeeeeeeee