nwm said:
BUT I have NEVER heard of any suggestion that it might be possible for humans to colonize it.
I've heard talk about probing Uranus
nwm said:
But the idea of colonizing Mars I have heard a lot about, for well as long as I can remember - all kinds of theories on how (with some actual scientific base behind them)
And quite a few theories that suggest originally man came from Mars, and colonized earth when Mars started to REALLY become uninhabitable - so it is it least possible by going back, you are really fixing issues VERY ancient man (but possessing technology that got lost) caused, and re-claim the original home. (Just a thought) now because we messed up earth - fast-forward about 10,000 - 100,000 years, maybe same deal, but back to earth
All bollocks
Nothing about Mars would suggest that it has ever been, is or could be capable of originating or supporting life.
NASA, and others, only persist with fantastic ideas in order to perpetuate their revenue streams and because Mars is 'easy'.
It lacks the gravity to hold a suitable atmosphere or moisture (ice still evaporates at sub-zero temperatures where pressure and humidity are low), it lacks a magnetosphere and it lacks the carbon to comprise an atmosphere and bodily life,
We need lots of carbon dioxide to make Mars habitable for Earth life – and it turns out there isn’t enough on the Red Planet
www.newscientist.com
And in times gone by, it would've been colder than it is today (as per what follows).
Venus, however, is much harder, but it's current state at least has the possibility that any evidence of life has been obliterated, while it's past, and the past of the Sun (given that it gets 10% hotter every billion years), offers the possibility that before it's current volcanic state erupted, it may have been capable of life.
But only 'may' at the extreme (3.5 billion years to terraform Earth, don't forget).
The good thing about the fantastical suggestions of 'demented chimps' (that's humans, btw) coming from Venus is that leotards and capes were once all the rage.
(I know, I know.....but it was all I had at hand; close enough, though, eh?
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nwm said:
(See, possible huge continuous circle.)
You just had to get us back on Uranus, didn't you?