If Mars is lush and habitable planet just like Earth

[darkxshade]

Yet another one of my hypothetical discussions. If Mars were and always exactly like Earth. Would we have advanced our technology to a degree such that it would be colonized as of today? Would there be interplanatary flights that would transport civilians from one planet to the other? Would said flights take 3 months or less? Who would rule this new planet or would international laws and treaties prevent sovereignty over it?

 

[RESmonkey]

I'd wait until all my friends, family, and a vast majority of the US would go there until I would. Oh, and the internet.

 

[Vageetasjn]

Would its life be DNA-based? And if so, how?

 

[SagaLore]

Mars could never exactly like Earth, because its too far away from the Sun, and doesn't have enough gravity to properly hold an atmosphere.

If you're going to make this hypothetical, then use Venus instead. Similar composition, gets plenty of sun, and has almost the same gravity. Closer to us too.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: darkxshade
Who would rule this new planet or would international laws and treaties prevent sovereignty over it?

I would.

 

[Balt]

Get your ass to Mars.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Mars needs women.

 

[SilentZero]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Mars needs women.

Lots and lots of them!

 

[hiromizu]

Maas looks like a great place for a Hummah

 

[ViviTheMage]

I'll go!

 

[Inspector Jihad]

just thinking about the lag time while playing CS makes me

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
just thinking about the lag time while playing CS makes me

was thinking of this when i first visited hawaii, then i learned how to surf and stopped caring about it

 

[SSSnail]

Yes and Yes, I'll be king of the Martians, and I'll be throwing rocks at you Earthlings, everyday, when you're sleeping.

 

[KB]

If Mars was a planet with water and oxygen enough for us to live, then life would have evolved on the planet. I bet we would send several astronauts there, but they would die of infections due to bacterium that they didn't have an immunity to.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Mars could never exactly like Earth, because its too far away from the Sun, and doesn't have enough gravity to properly hold an atmosphere.

If you're going to make this hypothetical, then use Venus instead. Similar composition, gets plenty of sun, and has almost the same gravity. Closer to us too.

Titan is smaller than Mars, and it's got an atmosphere denser than Earth's.

 

[amdhunter]

We'll go there when we run out of oil next year.

 

[aigomorla]

doesnt venus have all the hot girls?

id go there instead of mars.

 

[sao123]

no internet on mars? hell no.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Mars could never exactly like Earth, because its too far away from the Sun, and doesn't have enough gravity to properly hold an atmosphere.

If you're going to make this hypothetical, then use Venus instead. Similar composition, gets plenty of sun, and has almost the same gravity. Closer to us too.

Titan is smaller than Mars, and it's got an atmosphere denser than Earth's.

Its due to being colder, farther away from sun's solar wind, and constantly replenishing itself from internal activity.

 

[bobsmith1492]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Mars could never exactly like Earth, because its too far away from the Sun, and doesn't have enough gravity to properly hold an atmosphere.

If you're going to make this hypothetical, then use Venus instead. Similar composition, gets plenty of sun, and has almost the same gravity. Closer to us too.

Titan is smaller than Mars, and it's got an atmosphere denser than Earth's.

But it's a frozen ball of ice...

 

[Synomenon]

Would the women there grow third boobs?

 

[arcenite]

that would be a really long ethernet cable

 

[miketheidiot]

if mars where habitable, then a presume at this point we woudl have started to settle it in the mid-70's and there woudl be several thousand people to maybe a million people there by now.

 

[Away]

Give it to the green freaks. They can save that planet instead.

 

[aldamon]

Are there timewarps on Mars?