[KevinDavis]

[stm]

"........with calculations that say people could create an oxygen atmosphere on Mars in just over 1,000 years"

At the rate and direction this planet is heading we will be lucky to be here 100 years from now, much less another 1000.

[RightWhale]

Zubrin had an excellent idea that a manned Mars mission would spell the end of islamism.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

When my daughter was in high school, she was invited to Chicago to present her team's design plan for a Mars rover. Her group was the first high school team to be invited in the history of the Society. The Mars Society is a highly diverse group of scientists and space enthusiasts. She had a great experience.

[anymouse]

Dumb title. Should read "Bootstrapping Mars" or at least "Hacking Mars." The liberals at at PopSci are implying that Mars needs protecting from the evil humans that want to rape and pillage the Red Planet. I can't hardly read PopSci and PopMech anymore for all of the pseudo science and liberal bias. Newspapers and newsmags aren't the only part of the media infested with leftist J-school grads.