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SimEarth: Terraforming Mars by the Numbers
An anonymous reader writes "Today NASA has an online terraforming simulation based on the McKay/Zubrin/Fogg model of Mars' weather modification. The simulation shows that the greening of Mars can be done in at least three ways: 1) mirrors melting stored carbon dioxide in tropical soil and polar dry ice; 2) a fluorocarbon (CFC) factory; 3) blowing a vent thruster in the side of a methane-rich asteroid and engineering a collision (perhaps many impacts, but a mere 0.3 km/s impulse drive if using an outer solar system asteroid, such as Chiron, beyond Saturn). Irrespective of the merits or wisdom of these huge engineering projects, their simulation allows moving back the clock to a previous time when Mars was blanketed by greenhouse gases, and thus much warmer."
I really miss that game. Is it abandonware yet?
reech bee-yond ur clip-0n
(It's only karma...)
I'm sure we've all heard the phrase: "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"
This phrase is typically used to describe how different men and women think at times, as if they are from completely different planets.
Personally speaking, I think the choices of who-got-what-planet are remarkably suitable. Especially considering that Mars has a thin Carbon-dioxide/Nitrogen atmosphere and an averate temperature of -87C, and Venus has a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and carbonic and sulfuric acid, and an average temperature of 453C.
I feel this adequately explains why women always complaining that they're too cold, and men keep turning the thermostat down. They're clearly out of their natural element.
So, the next time a woman nags you for messing something up, remind them whose planet is at least worth considering for (re?)habitation.
=Smidge=