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Old 09-02-2007, 09:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I saw something on PBS a while back about terforming Mars. About half the scientists they interviewed thought it may work, and the other half said never. Very few people though the Wright brothers were sane so I guess there off to a little better start.

In 2001 space odessy they had that big wheel shaped craft. When it's spinning, the centrifugal force could simulate gravity, and if it's super huge you could cram it full to the top with plants and they would create oxygen, then you just recycle and treat the H2O for the plants which of course would also....feed you
That'd be awesome - Today's science fiction as tomorrow's reality.
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