Could Mars Be the First Terraformed Planet?

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[–]carn0ld03 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

My money's on Venus.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Yeah, I reckon Venus is a better bet.

If you don't mind sulphuric instead of water, no oxygen and a shitload of CO2, it's perfectly comfortable now, so long as you don't go below an altitude of about 60 miles.

Give or take the lack of magnetic field to protect from solar and cosmic radiation.

[–]ZekeTheAnt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

It is Titan. Or Ceres. High on my Markov-Chain for "obtuse" forms of life in a sphere of about two lightyears around earth, I believe.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Titan's a good call ... and you get the protection of Saturn's magnetic field.

Ceres is bloody cold, and pretty small. You'd have a better shot with our moon.

[–]ZekeTheAnt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Nobody on this planet knows about what Ceres actually is made of, I agree. But look at its tactical position in this solar system. This position is clearly optimised by something or someone, I believe.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Whats especially tactical about the asteroid belt?

[–]ZekeTheAnt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Do you want the short, sneaky answer or a profoundly calculated thesis ?

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The abstract of the thesis.