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Terraforming links and images.
http://www2.astrobiology.com/astro/terraforming.html
When, why, and how to cultivate Mars. This site also includes current events, links, message boards, chat rooms, and constantly updated information.
http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/watchmen/974
A detailed plan for the terraforming of Mars.
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Elicit business and government financial and political support for our agenda. Phase One: Build and test watertight, submersible, mobile housing units (seasteads) first in sheltered coastal waters, then on the Emperor Seamounts. Construct and test heated airtight biodomes in Antarctica...An article from the "How Stuff Works" site with detailed information on terraforming Mars.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/terraforming.htm
Subtitle: A New Ark for Humanity. A technical article on terraforming from the Newsletter of the Molecular Manufacturing Shortcut Group.
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The Assembler, First Quarter 1996 G newsletter in a long time. A very long time. We have had a lot of failures, and a lot of successes in the last year. Our biggest and most obvious failure was the loss of our treasurer and secretary...A paper by Julian A. Hiscox that clarifies the distinction between ecopoiesis and terraforming.
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Biology and the Planetary Engineering of Mars From the perspective of biology, planetary engineering is the ability to alter the environment of a planet so that terrestrial organisms can survive and grow (McKay, 1982 The feasibility of altering planetary environments is clearly demonstrated by mankind's activities on...A recent technical paper from the Feb. 27, 2001 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Special Feature: Keeping Mars warm with new super greenhouse gases Gerstell et al. 98 (5 2154 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in ISI Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add...Terraforming Mars: why we must do it, how quickly it can be done and how we can do it. A related page gives technical details.
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Terraforming Mars quickly, start soon! Terraforming means changing something to be earthlike. The sense in terraforming a planet is to making it more habitable for humans. If the cost of terraforming Mars is below the price of the whole surface of Mars, terraforming is worth...