About Pro-Mars and Pro-Space militants

Hi TangoMan

I think terraforming Mars is not what is needed to
make use of that cold planet. Perhaps with some
genetic engineering it could be possible to develop
plants that survive in mars by themselves, without
terraforming anything. And without waiting for a
millenium to see the results.

The challenge for the scientists is:

Don't make Mars similar to Earth in order to growth
plants. Make plants that can survive in Mars as it is
now!!! For what reasson? Food for asteroid minners
could be one.

Impossible? May be not. I see it as a problem of
engineering.

(See this weird tale, if you got time, of course:

http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue122/hand_god2.html)

Besides, I think the future of space will not be just
an american enterprise. The chalenge is so huge that I
doubt the United States could do it alone. I think
what will be needed is the colaboration of most of the
industrialized world. That is the way fusion energy is
going now, and I thing space will follow the same
path.

Regards,

Omar Vega

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