How much of Mars is habitable ?

It never hurts to plan and dream !

That is a sad but true reflection of the place that Science holds in this world today. The World (taken as a whole) has the competence and resources to build a VLSEV (Very Large Space Exploration Vehicle)... unfortunately the Political, and Diplomatic, Will is many decades behind such an accomplishment. The world seems entirely confined by phoney economic matters to the exclusion of everything else. It would take a World-wide resource to actually make this a reality, but that is not forthcoming. My money is on the ESA (European Space Agency) or China, going it alone to push these frontiers. NA... [More]

Man should never colonise Mars until he's sorted his act out here on the Earth. Can you imagine human colonies on Mars, bickering and squabbling, even declaring war on each other? Suicide bombers? That's what will happen because that's what man is like. No. Man must evolve a little bit more before he's mature enough to branch out from the Earth.

Man should never colonise Mars until he's sorted his act out here on the Earth. Can you imagine human colonies on Mars, bickering and squabbling, even declaring war on each other? Suicide bombers? That's what will happen because that's what man is like. No. Man must evolve a little bit more before he's mature enough to branch out from the Earth. Yeah i hear what you are saying but history tells us that man has been fighting with each other from day 1 and i can't see that changing in a big hurry.... TiP.

Yeah i hear what you are saying but history tells us that man has been fighting with each other from day 1 and i can't see that changing in a big hurry.... TiP. No, neither can I. But I look at - and I'm just being objective here - the relative calm you see in, say, Westernised countries in the past 50yrs or so. Ok its been a bit bumpy here and there - but on the whole Im detecting a positive overall change that you just wouldnt have seen in the West /people, prior to WW2. I think peoples values are slowly changing - definitely. So, I have hope for the future. I think man will succeed in the e... [More]

Man should never colonise Mars until he's sorted his act out here on the Earth. Can you imagine human colonies on Mars, bickering and squabbling, even declaring war on each other? Suicide bombers? That's what will happen because that's what man is like. No. Man must evolve a little bit more before he's mature enough to branch out from the Earth. Only the cream of the crop are selected to be astronauts. If we colonize Mars, religious fanatics and warmongerers will likely not be chosen for the project.

Only the cream of the crop are selected to be astronauts. If we colonize Mars, religious fanatics and warmongerers will likely not be chosen for the project. That sounds ok on paper. But people would then cry 'elitist'! And if those astronauts discovered vital raw materials, useful in industry - and Im pretty sure they will - then the next people up there will be the mining companies and you would have the first phase of the colonising process underway. This may be a little ways off at the moment but who knows what discoveries will be made in the near future in the way of interplanetary travel... [More]

I do belive that Mars can sustain life and Nasa knows and they are covering it up.

I do belive that Mars can sustain life and Nasa knows and they are covering it up. NASA is not the only space agency, they are others and private ones, i can't imagine all of them to keep that information a secret, no one benefits from it.

LoL ! covering it up eah ? Where do you people get your information? Dont you remember that Aliens have been mining on Mars since the 1960`s just Ask Marvin !