Terraform Mars Using Oasis Greenhouses

An anonymous reader writes "The Director of the Mex-Areohab project, Omar Diaz, is interviewed today on the feasibility of modifying the Martian climate and terraforming with mini-greenhouses. At higher than 5,000 meters above sea level, on the volcano Pico de Orizaba, the Mexican model can be compared to many oases in the desert and contrasts with industrial-scale terraforming by Zubrin and McKay, among others, who use fluorocarbons, orbital mirrors, polar melting and pollution machines. One planet's pollution is another planet's rain machine, but the thrust of the interview seems to maintain that micro-terraforming is just faster and more efficient."

Comments

Mars? First things first!

[LeninZhiv]

Before anyone writes a cheque for this plan, I say they should have to terraform the moon first as a proof of concept.

Re:No easy answer

[pizza_milkshake]

i'm in favor of detonating lots of nukes on mars, just to see what happens.

M.B.A. flash of brilliance

[Dr. Bent]

We'll outsource all of our industry to Mars!

Benefits:
- Cheap Martian labor (They don't even USE money up there!)
- Lax environmental law
- Low taxes
- No import/export tarrifs
- Cheap raw materials (The whole planet is made of frikkin' iron!)

and after a few thousand years we'll have a brand new hospitable planet. Of course there are some drawbacks. For one, the commute is going to be hellish. But where else are we going to go after the labor market in China starts demanding decent pay and working conditions? We've got to think ahead, people!

Re:No easy answer

[flewp]

Yeah, maybe they could have a pay-per view special to fund the costs.

Re:Terraforming Mars

[Deliveranc3]

ou don't need that many kids

We interrupt this silly post to point out that this is slashdot, these people REALLY aren't part of the problem. Thank you.

Re:Mars? First things first!

[obeythefist]

I can see you don't work anywhere near end-users. You'd think they were joking, too. But they still break their cupholders.