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An asteriod hit could have thrown up sufficient material to cool Mars. This is the hypothesis for the dinosaur extinction 65 Million Years ago.

Arnold found the Martian machine to terraform the planet and those gigantic, molten, metal rods released the O2 into the atmosphere. Arnolds eyes did not pop!

So we terrraform and build an outlet valve for our planet. Notwothsatnding the previous post about the Prof Steiner who was submitting a proposal to the National Space Society this past weekend for designating the moon, mars, actually the entire heaven as a "World Heritage site"!

HACCCH PATOOEY!

Thanks for the ping. Yes, I have a couple of inconsequential thoughts on this.

First, the Look for Life should not be the goal. If life is found during the course of exploration, then, fine. Otherwise it is no more than a new search for the Fountain of Youth in Florida. Fiscal youth.
Second, it has been apparent for several years that there is at least some water on Mars. Now more has been spotted. Is Congress going to ask NASA to land men on Mars because of this?
Third, aside from demonstrating that NASA can send men to Mars, what would be the point? Apollo went nowhere, Mars could also go nowhere; at this time there is no indication that a Mars colony would ever repay the initial investment. A landing on Mars is far from establishing a settlement, but it's all they will do.

Fourth, where are we going overall, and what will we do when we get there?