Originally posted by mikesingh

Well, that's the whole idea! There is no other alternative than to colonize not only other planets in our Solar System, but other systems too. Other planets may be terraformed to harbor life, but all this would take considerable time - probably a couple of thousand years from now.

But considering the pace of the destruction of our environment, this will need to be done sooner than later before it's too late!

Now the question is, was the Earth terraformed too in the distant past?

Cheers!

Right, but I'm pretty adamanant in the idea that we could have bases/production facilities on the moon (get some "fuel efficient" space vehicles running from the moon), start our way to bring materials to mars to build some domes there. And get a mining facility going somewhere around the asteroid belt... all within the next 50 years, should Those Preteens That Be stop playing (gi.joe) with themselves and start playing legos with everyone. This is all considering we really are alone and our tech is supreme of the universe, and we have no help once gettin going. 50 years, easily.

Even so, yes I'm also steadfast in the belief that we have thousands to hundreds of thousands of years of resources left/potentially on this planet. Of course, we gotta get off black gold cuz it really doesn't matter if we have resources or not if our planet is inhospitable to us. (sigh money)

Yes, terraforming planets is what we need to start doing, but that doesn't mean we cant make domes on them while the world around the domes transforms into something we can flourish on.

I really haven't looked hard into terraforming, but are there any clues as to a terraformed planet? Like how a farm gets tilled and has neat rows of soil from combining, etc? I'll look into it more (any pointers?), but really - artificial living quarters are achievable now, not in thousands of years.

*i don't mean to try to make your ideas look as understatements, Mike. I mean, I've been around reading a lot of your ideas lately, and it would be impossible for me atm, imo, to make you look a fool. I just put 2 and 2 together... and well 4 = space coloniztion is an easy (well, relatively speaking) thing to do for us now, and it's just a waste that we aint even preparing to do it. I really actually had faith in Bush once when he said he was going to start looking at the moon (military bases or not)... of course, this faith was short-lived, I still thought, "wow, this is it guys."

[edit on 10-5-2009 by shanerz]

Anymore info on this?

bump if someone knows

Why would anyone want to live on Mars? Mars is a asshole of the universe! Nah better we fix Earth first then wander off to other planets

I have no idea what those things could be. They look like solid objects. I can't believe nasa just let this stuff out.

Maybe God Himself is about to sort out this planet




and ET's from far and wide are now filling front row seats ?

Could this maybe be some sort of mining ships, sucking up different materials from the rings?

Originally posted by hikix

People who don't believe in UFO's or Aliens are always saying that Earth is the only habitable planet.

And the ignorance of those people cannot be described in words. It's beyond ignorance.

Swamp gas trapped between two thermal pockets reflecting the light from Venus. That is all. Nothing to see here now move along.

Originally posted by eyewitness86
The reactions of the people would be predictable: Some would fall dead from fear, others would go mad from shock and fear, others would become depressed and suicidal, unwilling to relinquish the last decisions to aliens that have massive abilities for which there is no resistance possible.

I really think this preconceived notion that people are going to automatically pee their pants, die of shock, and jump into the bathtub with their toaster and hair dryer when a UFO lands and aliens come out carrying their cookbook is just way overblown. People over the centuries have dealt with all kinds of adversity without acting that way and I find it hard to believe that the arrival of ET will be any different.

Unfortunately I think that mentality is the reason we are told so little about what is really going on in the space around us. I also think it is just wrongheaded thinking.
Most people are just not the wimps we make them out to be.