A Mars Colony in Our Lifetimes?

[Cormac]

The big question is, what to do with the extra 40 minutes a day?

You know what human beings are going to do with an extra 40 minutes, especially with lower gravity...

[mistermack]

Just play the harmonica to the dogs. Works every time.

I'm not going to ask.

What would REALLY get me quaking would be hearing a lion roar at night.
Especially as I have recurring nightmares about lions.

For our anniversary we're going to spend the night at a tiger sanctuary near here. $175/$275 per night, but you get to see a lot more of the tigers than the normal tour. The sanctuary is owned by U. of Missouri.

The harmonica starts them off howling like nothing else does. Try it on the wolves.

I don't think Tigers roar, in the same way that Lions do.
They can roar, but it's a lot less, I believe.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The harmonica starts them off howling like nothing else does. Try it on the wolves.

The staff would kill me if I tried.

I don't think Tigers roar, in the same way that Lions do.
They can roar, but it's a lot less, I believe.

There are a couple of lions there a well. http://www.crown-ridge.com/default.htm

[Gawdzilla Sama]

That still doesn't solve the gravity problem.

It's less of a problem than it is on the ISS. And they're solving that as we speak. So don't sweat the small stuff.

http://planetsave.com/2012/10/14/nasa-d ... oskeleton/

[Cormac]

Starts out like that, but it'll end like this, but with bacon*








*well synth bacon anyway...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Darwin will be there, pitching in to sort things out.

[Cormac]

Darwin will be there, pitching in to sort things out.

Damn you Darwin!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

A relatively simple system for habitats on Mars, at least in the earlier stages.

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[Ian]

It looks like hobbits live there.

[Jason]

You could grow some primo weed in those glass domes.

[Svartalf]

They are for more nutritious hydroponics.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

They're being suggested for the Moon, but I see the applicability for Mars.

[Jason]

It looks almost exactly like the colony you had to build in some video game I played about 15 years ago.. there were a lot of throw-away games made in those days so I can't remember. It was like a bad rendition of SimCity. Earth died.. you had like 300 colonists who would die in various ways if you managed/built your colony poorly.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

It looks like hobbits live there.

Quite possibly. They are allies of the Vulcans after all..,

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

What has been seen (or heard), cannot be unseen (or unheard)

[Jason]

Heard it before.

"Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! Bravest little hobbit of them all.."