When NASA sent two rovers to Mars they were not quite sure what all they would find. What they ended up finding far exceeded expectations and has proven that the possible foundations for life do exist on other planets. The scientists were eventually able to conclude that cloud formations do form on the planet and they can, in fact, make it snow on Mars. Scientists were able to observe this phenomenon using the LIDAR instrument (Light Detection and Ranging).
"But the really amazing data came from the LIDAR instrument, which was able to track the formation of the clouds at the atmosphere's boundary layer. Cloud formation became more pronounced as the summer gradually faded and the atmosphere cooled at night, and the scientists were eventually able to detect cirrus-like clouds as they dropped ‘tilted vertical sheets' of ice particles back to the surface of the planet. In short, they watched it snow."
Scientists have been able to conclude that Mars does have an active water cycle on the planet but it is presumed that the cycle is dying as the planet appears to have had, at one point, flowing rivers.
What this all means to us is that the possibility for life outside of our planet, while remote, is completely possible. At some point, man may have to leave this planet, and this new discovery of liquid water greatly increases the odds of longer-term human survival.
It's just a matter of time and public knowledge until we defeat death and move to other things like travel and exploration to other places in out neighborhood
Defeat death? I certainly hope not. The world would be unbearably overpopulated within a generation of a death cure.
That's crazy talk. We'd only make sure the rich people could get it.
It's already overpopulated.
100 percent right!
so even though the concept of 'living forever' sounds cool. in reality i think it's a bad idea and hope i aint around if that day ever comes true.
Science can be good but stuff like that is trying to be like God etc. just a bad idea but i honestly don't think it's possible to live forever because even if you drastically slowed the rate in which we age, we will eventually still die or even if you made it to where you don't age at all and your in perfect health it still would seem likely that you would eventually die due to some accident etc.
so even though the concept of 'living forever' sounds cool. in reality i think it's a bad idea and hope i aint around if that day ever comes true.
Okay, you are wrong.
If I could life forever, would be able to learn so much, keep increasing my knowledge on everything, just life a life and forget about such things.
so even though the concept of 'living forever' sounds cool. in reality i think it's a bad idea and hope i aint around if that day ever comes true.
Science can be good but stuff like that is trying to be like God etc. just a bad idea but i honestly don't think it's possible to live forever because even if you drastically slowed the rate in which we age, we will eventually still die or even if you made it to where you don't age at all and your in perfect health it still would seem likely that you would eventually die due to some accident etc.
Meh, and people would get bored of it eventually. Seriously.
Mars has no magnetosphere. Solar wind would make things very harsh on the surface.
That's not exactly true. The habitability of a planet isn't only affected by where it is in the solar system. For example, Venus would be habitable if it weren't for the runaway overheating caused by all of the volcanos spewing out CO2. Likewise, Mars could be made habitable by intentionally introducing global warming in a controlled manner.
As Mio said, Mars has no magnetic field. How exactly would one overcome that little issue?
Simple... rob another planet of its iron core (or a large asteroid, often containing large quanities of iron), crash it into mars, let its (newly) liquidified state make the iron core the center (thanks to centrifical motion), then universal nature will take over in forming the magnetic field.
SEE?! TRIVIAL!
For a while you don't, but over time not having one would completely strip away the atmosphere. Certainly faster than we could replenish it.
You're kidding, right?
dump all the CRT tv's from earth there in rectangular patches. Magnetic fields FTW!
Its not totally impossible that we, on earth, could do it faster with the combined and focused efforts of all the HUMANS. ;-)
Ask North Korea to do this.
Just put all the old cars on there to warm it up!
It has no ozone layer... :p
from wikipedia
Surface temp.
........................min mean max
Kelvin...............186 K 227 K 268 K
Celsius..............−87 °C −46 °C −5 °C
-140° to 15°C... yeah it's boiling there.
First, it's due to its thin atmosphere, not the lack of an ozone layer. The ozone layer prevent a lot of UV radiation from reaching the surface, but things like a thick atmosphere in general helps reflect sunlight back to the surface (i.e. a greenhouse effect).
And Mars isn't very hot, it's rather cold. But the temperature varations due to its thin atmosphere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming
Would really love to see that happen. The thought of another habitable planet, let alone one right next to earth, is amazing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming
AGain, Mars has no high core activity, which means no magentosphere, solar winds would cook the planet in due time.
Maybe you weren't aware but there are materials which can redirect radiations like RADIO WAVES, MICRO WAVES and soon LIGHT WAVES.
Its the "invisilbility cloak" project. Planet size it, and you've created a microwave sheild.
And then very advanced aliens far far away brought all kinds of lifefroms from mars to Earth to start over again.
All the UFO sightings reported are real. They are watching us and preparing to take some of us to a new Planet to once again start over.
This is what I believe happend and how life started on Earth.
And someday it will happen all over again.
Maybe even in 2012!!!
So what I am trying to say is humans are really from Mars!!
This is just one of my ideas of how life started.
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...I'm so unoriginal..
...I'm so unoriginal..
Someone has been playing too much Mass Effect me thinks
Nah, I don't think Mars ever had advanced life on it, considering how long it took for human life to evolve here seems unlikely it would of existed there and if it did surely the would of been at least some evidence it was there? but you never know, stranger things have happened
Nonsense. Humans came from a planet called "Phaeton", which was sadly blown up a long time ago, and all that's left of it is the rubble that is now the asteroid belt.
Nostradamus
Quatrain 5:32
Where all is good in sun and moon and abundant, its ruin approaches.
It comes from the sky to sift through your fortunes in the same state as the seventh rock.
First sentence says there's a healthy planet but the days of it's destruction came.
Second sentence states that it collided with earth and it's chemical make-up is such that of Uranus.
Quatrain 2:91
At sunrise, one will see a great fire.
Noise and light extending towards the North.
Within the earth, death and cries are heard.
Death awaiting them through weapons, fire, and famine.
I thought we were saved by ancestors of Emperor Lrrr of Omicron Persei 8. And now he wants to invade us because of jealousy.
About life on Mars
A man from NASA has already said that the area the Phoenix landed in has soil that is very similar to whats in our backyards. He also said it would be perfect for growing asparagus. Another thing he said was that a frog could live in that same area for up to 24 hours without any kind of equipment before dying. The guy admitted that life is completely possible and that you can grow vegetation there and nobody really took notice of what he said.
We were slaves brought to the planet to mine and capture resources. The pyraminds were the landing pads of our Gods.
...you ruined it
If those "humans" had the technology for space travel, why didn't they colonize Earth before their planet was ravaged? Surely they knew of its existence. Perhaps they blindly flew into space hoping to find a habitable planet and happened to get lucky.
Neptune, don't you know!
It's more likely than you think: See Link
2.) Not Funny Anymore
3.) Doesn't even make sense
+1 lol
Also, just cuz a planet wouldn't be suitable for us to live on, doesn't mean another life form can't live there.
Without a "warp drive", the next star is (over) 10 lightyear far away.
The max speed achieved by the humankind is 0.000056c (Voyager), then a trip to Alpha Centaury will take 178571.4 years, and there are few chances to find life in Alpha Centaury.
So currently we are isolated in the universe, almost the same to be alone in the cosmos.
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I don't remember
stupid statement alert. Are you saying we should spend all the space programme money on deep sea recovery instead? Maybe we'd be better off piping water round the world with all the money we invest in cars? ..how far do you want to take this?
Liquid water... as opposed to solid water?
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