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Utah, the New Red Planet
tsornin writes "The Philadelphia Inquirer reports in this article that Mars Society crews have chosen Wayne County, Utah as an effective simulant for the Red Planet. Although Mars exploration is hardly a high priority on any government's list at the moment, Robert Zubrin and other Mars Society members hope that through their research in Wayne County and in the even more remote northern Canadian location, they can show world governments that a mission to Mars is viable."
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The Utah Global Surveyor has detected alcohol in the state. However, it's locked up below the surface in ice and little umbrellas. It does bode well for future explorers, though.
But seriously, folks... if you haven't read Zubrin's The Case For Mars, do so. You'll be on the streets demanding Mars missions within minutes of finishing it.
Wayne County, only slightly more hospitable than the surface of Mars
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Frankly, as an honorary Martian I find this offensive.
Is NASA trying to say that Mars can be compared to a dust bowl inhabited by stray dogs, unintelligent rednecks, Mormons and inbreeders?
I request that NASA moves this experiment to a place devoid of culture, such as Australia or Germany.
mogorific carpentry experiments
I always knew those Utiahns are green! They're just hiding in a human skin! Hmmz, and I thought Roswell was the place to be.
Fry: Very impressive. Back in the 20th Century we had no idea there was a university on Mars.
... trees ... hemp ... soon the whole planet was terra-formed!
Prof.: Well, in those days Mars was just a dreary, uninhabitable wasteland, much like Utah. But unlike Utah it was eventually made livable when the University was founded in 2636.
Leela: They planted traditional college foliage. Ivy
Fry: Does that mean it's safe to breathe the air?
Prof.: Of course!
You can't handle the truth.
Mars:
Has no strip clubs.
Has no alcohol.
Has no dirty mags.
Utah:
Has no strip clubs.
Has no alcohol.
Has no dirty mags.
Logical.
>> The goal, he said, is to simulate as closely as
>> possible the working conditions that future
>> Martians would have to endure.
> So when we go to mars we become Martians???
Far worse that that, there's a chance of meeting Donny Osmond!
Aieee!