Yeah but you gotta start with something. Terraforming is not even theoretically possible now. Not without magnetic field that could keep atmosphere we'd create there. So domes would have to do for one or two centuries.
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Mars colonization (Mars One, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, MarsDrive, Mars Direct)
#61
Posted 18 April 2013 - 05:30 PM

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone."
#62
Posted 19 April 2013 - 07:59 PM

There's nothing pracitcal about terraforming craters without dome.
http://www.inetres.c...bebop_02_04.jpg
http://images3.wikia...0/06/Mars_2.jpg
"Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone."
#63
Posted 08 May 2013 - 03:32 PM

http://mars-one.com/...mission-to-mars
Almost 80,000 people signed up for Mars One mission in just two weeks.
Just two weeks into the nineteen week application period, more than seventy-eight thousand people have applied to the Mars One astronaut selection program in the hope of becoming a Mars settler in 2023.
Mars One has received applications from over 120 countries. Most applications come from USA (17324), followed by China (10241), United Kingdom (3581), Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Argentina and India.
Bas Lansdorp, Mars One Co-Founder and CEO said: “With seventy-eight thousand applications in two weeks, this is turning out to be the most desired job in history. These numbers put us right on track for our goal of half a million applicants.”
“Mars One is a mission representing all humanity and its true spirit will be justified only if people from the entire world are represented. I’m proud that this is exactly what we see happening,” he said.
As part of the application every applicant is required to explain his/her motivation behind their decision go to Mars in an one minute video. Many applicants are choosing to publish this video on the Mars One website. These are openly accessible on applicants.mars-one.com.
“Applicants we have received come from a very wide range of personalities, professions and ages. This is significant because what we are looking for is not restricted to a particular background. From Round 1 we will take forward the most committed, creative, resilient and motivated applicants,” said Dr. Norbert Kraft, Mars One Chief Medical Officer.
Mars One will continue to receive online applications until August 31st 2013. From all the applicants in Round 1, regional reviewers will select around 50-100 candidates for Round 2 in each of the 300 geographic regions in the world that Mars One has identified.
Four rounds make the selection process, which will come to an end in 2015; Mars One will then employ 28-40 candidates, who will train for around 7 years. Finally an audience vote will elect one of groups in training to be the envoys of humanity to Mars.
"Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone."
#64
Posted 08 May 2013 - 03:59 PM

Now, the question becomes - how many of these will ultimately have "cold feet"?
#65
Posted 10 May 2013 - 01:41 PM

The first humans to live on Mars might not identify as astronauts, but farmers. To establish a sustainable settlement on Earth's solar system neighbor, space travelers will have to learn how to grow food on Mars — a job that could turn out to be one of the most vital, challenging and labor-intensive tasks at hand, experts say.
http://www.astrobio....-manned-mission
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