[KC_Lion]

Why have I seen these creatures in my Dreams?!

[yarddog]

I think we should investigate colonizing Altair IV. The climate seems nice and there is a really hot chick living there.

[DesertRhino]

Mars isnt that different from parts of the southwest.

I bet if you sprinkled out the right mix of weeds, mesquite, and dandylion seed, those things would take hold and wouldn’t need any dome. Inside of a few years, the whole damned place would green up and create an atmosphere. Import a bunch of cattle and get them eating grass and farting,,,
Burn some mesquite to smoke some briskets, (making even more CO2,,
ANd before you know it, we could just expand Texas.

[JRandomFreeper]

sheltered from the extreme UV radiation that floods the Martian surface, whilst still allowing enough sunlight through to allow them to grow. This dome would also have to be strong enough to provide support and protection against potentially devastating Martian dust storms.

I think that will have to be made of unobtainum. We can't yet do 2mm single molecule diamond in the acre size.

/johnny

[Jonty30]

I think the real question is if Mars is even viable to live on, as it’s smaller than earth and cannot hold the same level of atmosphere. The most we might ever really be able to do with it is use it as a place for robots to build things.

I’ve read that there isn’t enough material in the asteroid belt to significantly increase Mar’s mass enough to be able to hold a thicker atmosphere.

[DesertRhino]

And we really should build a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator pretty soon after we get there, just in case Obama kiddies start wanting to move up there and screw it up. The one Marvin the Martian had in that Bugs Bunny Cartoon.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

[jeffc]

Does the dirt on Mars contain the nutrients necessary for plant life to grow there? If not, can fertilizer be made from anything on Mars?

[cripplecreek]

I think an inflatable dome over a crater is a good place to start.

[Vendome]

Plant pine trees, various grasses, create mossy environments smell barley andbhops for beer. that ought to create a ton of oxygen and keep the ugly people happy.

[yarddog]

Actually the idea of us colonizing any planet in any number at all is about as remote as developing warp drive.

[Dacus943]

"How Plant a Garden on Mars "

Heck with just that, build a FARM!

Can you imagine just how tender the steaks would be from cows raised in Mars low gravity?

[eldoradude]

Yeah, and the next thing you know someone starts growing wacky terbacky for martian cigarettes.