[RightWingAtheist]

I say keep the red planet red, for now. There's still precious little we know about it, and I prefer for us to explore every nook and cranny of the planet before we try to modify it.

[RockinRight]

I do too, I mean eventually we would terraform. Spend 50 years just exploring and all that. Then we'll see.

However, if we ever establish permanent colonies, terraforming will be inevitable.

[GulfBreeze]

Hog Wash. Spread and conquest is an admirable goal. If that way of thinking was present in the settlers we would have nothing in the US but a couple thousand land bound Jacques Cousteaus roaming the country side still documenting the "nook and crannies" today.

If a cataclysmic event ever did overtake earth the only way of surviving would be to have another viable climate and population elsewhere.