[FPSPACE] Discovery reveals Mars is not a

[Kosmos327 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/19/2009 2:32:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dstdba at post4.tele.dk writes:

Well, yes, I don't think we can travel  that far for a very, very long time.

 
That is an interesting opinion, and of course, it differs from  mine. As I 
see it there is only one little key for man to discover.  How long that might tak
e is in question - what with so many scientist and  physicist clinging to the 
false notions that man cannot exceed the speed of  light and that all objects 
fall at the same rate. However there are many  great mind which don't stick 
to convention - and that leads me to believe  that we are very close to 
interstellar travel.


That much more important is it to become  masters in our solar system.

 
I'm somewhat confused by that statement. Man is not the master of Earth,  and 
yet we are exploring other worlds. As soon as the key to interstellar travel  
is found, it is the nature of man to use it. Right or wrong, it is what we  
do.


For one thing, you are probably NOT going  to find another planet just like
Earth, ready-made for humans to  live on, within the Milky Way. Each  and
every potentially habitable planet  requires a terraforming effort. 

If we would find planets like Earth there would be no need to terraform.  
However there are numerous Earth-sized planets, and THAT will be the first  
criteria for terraforming. I simply believe that once the technology to  terraform 
becomes feasible, Mars, as attractive and romantic as it may be, will  no 
longer be practical.
 
David L. Rickman
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