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The gravity and atmosphere of Mars make it a more ideal candidate.
by drakonandor 10y ago
The gravity and atmosphere of Mars make it a more ideal candidate.
- snarf21 10y agoTrue but isn't the big problem self sustaining food, water and breathable air?
- drakonandor 10y agoSure, but this conversation was Mars vs. the moon. The only argument the moon has going for it is that it's a short trip. Mars does have a reasonable atmosphere (albeit not breathable, it's mostly CO2), and therefore does have some hope to be terraformed to earth-like levels. We will probably have to use closed systems (greenhouses with water recycling) until we heat the planet up a bit and get it back to the state it was when it had running water and precipitation.