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[threeplusfire]

My dream of terraforming Mars may be crushed by physics. The planet might be too small to sustain an atmosphere, with escape velocity being low. Damn. This might make me cry.

To dull the pain, I bought cds for the first time in almost a year. David Bowie's new Heathen and Our Lady Peace's Clumsy. I don't think the new Our Lady Peace album is out yet. They are however, playing July 17th at Stubb's and I am determined to get tickets.

Slowly cleaning the apartment. I have moved lots ot things out of the living room, and picked up all the papers scattered about. The kitchen just has a lot of things sitting on the counter. Now if I could only clean my room.

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[egosumquisum.livejournal.com]

Why adapt Mars to human habitation? Why not adapt humans to Mars? We've got the human genome essentially mapped. I would imgine by the time we have terrforming technology ready to implement, genetic engineering will be a much more advanced science. Terraforming in the future may me more like "bioforming". Simply creating the necessary foundations for DNA-based life. Genetic engineering of highly adaptable humans can handle the rest of the job.

Dont fit the rock to the monkey, fir the monkey to the rock.

[ex-candles994.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting theory.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Ah, another intruiging possibility. Though I think coming to an understanding of the relations of genes might happen the same time we figure out the complexities of a biosphere.

This doesn't help me get to live on Mars though, which I really wanted when I was younger.