You know, this whole 'Colonize Mars' thing really burns me. Sounds neat, could be feasable except for one little nagging problem. Earth has a molton core which generates a neat little mangnetic band that deflects a bunch of nasty radiation from the sun (this is so non-tech on may part, plz forgive me). Keeps the 'life' as we know it on earth from being irradiated. Well, there are suspicions about the core of mars due to the bizzare local north/south poles all over the surface, and the lack of such a protective band. If life did exist on mars, it was erased long ago when the core cooled.
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You know, this whole 'Colonize Mars' thing really burns me. Sounds neat, could be feasable except for one little nagging problem. Earth has a molton core which generates a neat little mangnetic band that deflects a bunch of nasty radiation from the sun (this is so non-tech on may part, plz forgive me). Keeps the 'life' as we know it on earth from being irradiated. Well, there are suspicions about the core of mars due to the bizzare local north/south poles all over the surface, and the lack of such a protective band. If life did exist on mars, it was erased long ago when the core cooled.