Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
Fake pictures of Mars covered with water. Apparently, Fuzzz believes you didn't really go up there and take these pics billions of years ago when Mars was covered in water Winner. For shame!
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Probe ends historic Mars mission
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Winner
Diverse in Unity
The guy who made it as a texture for Celestia space simulator actually did an awesome work - this is a vision of how a terraformed Mars could look like. It's not complete and the picture I posted didn't show clouds and other stuff.
So, I am really sorry you're not impressed, but that's kinda your problem.
RalofTyr
King
The problem with terraforming Mars, is that even with a thick and warm atmosphere, humans, as we are now, still cannot breathe on the surface. What we need to do is design people that can breathe on the surface, true Martians.
It's that these storms last not for a few hours, but months sometimes. They also cause a lot of static electricity. The poor little probe probably cooked to death.
There was some imaging done in which permafrost was found...I can't find any good links though...
That's one thing I fail to understand - is it so damn hard to fit the probes with some simple "wiper" mechanism to keep the Solar panels working? We're talking about very expensive probes, so it seems like the cheapest and smartest thing to do
It's that these storms last not for a few hours, but months sometimes. They also cause a lot of static electricity. The poor little probe probably cooked to death.
There was some imaging done in which permafrost was found...I can't find any good links though...
Winner
Diverse in Unity
The goal is to create an atmosphere thicker than what we have here on Earth. I see no reason why people shouldn't be able to breathe normally, that's a matter of air pressure. I'd say the biggest problem is to fill the atmosphere with nitrogen or other inert gas.
Then they should include an option to hibernate the probe and wake it after the stormy season ends. BTW, the two rovers are still alive, despite all the problems.
Still, I don't get what's the basis for the theory that the oceans just moved underground. It sounds like wishful thinking. Some part of Martian water might be trapped underground or frozen in permafrost, but it's likely to be just a tiny fraction of the water Mars once had.
DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
That's one thing I fail to understand - is it so damn hard to fit the probes with some simple "wiper" mechanism to keep the Solar panels working? We're talking about very expensive probes, so it seems like the cheapest and smartest thing to do
Why? Because it was designed by a US Government agency... The same group of people who designed a $10 million air defense radar system for a ship with a roll-limit lockout (to prevent the roll compensation motor from burning up when the ship was in REALLY heavy seas) that wasn't capable of self-correcting when the ship rolled the other direction, and required the radar tech to climb the mast in the middle of a category 5 typhoon to maually release the antenna motor brake and push the antenna back to center in order to clear the lockout condition (not that any of this is from personal experience
)Seriously, though... They probably didn't think of it, although a better solution in such a case would be to have the probe powered by an atomic battery.
