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i will see about it once the contest is over.. another thing is that some have asked to remain private.. but i will talk to them about showing off some of their work, if its ok with them.

in lieu of sir Branson's last weeks announcement, of the earth challenge, i'd like to get a team together, form the space community and enter the challenge.
this contest is for glory and more importantly creditability. the initial 20% of the prize up front is going to go towards building such said CO2 processing plant, and if there is any money left over, it will be divided up among the team.
if you think you have what it takes to try your hand at this. write me at jdrz007@aool.com  and tell me what you think you can bring to the team.
see contest rules here.
http://www.virginearth.com/

media is friend or foe..... even if your evil .. the media  can make you into a saint.... or seem like a not so bad person that just "goofed" this one time and wont do it again.

well what if instead of the main hab.. you have a smaller lander packed with supplies that when unpacked, you could used it as a hopper. you'd have to have the all the fuel onboard and i agree with you as to taking a nuclear reactor with you.

what do you mean by this? i would just assume that it would go dead and stop producing soo much heat.. or does it mean that the fuel is used up and massive amounts of radioactivity occur inside the pebble?

why are we discussing this more than NASA's budget report?

i say screw government.. and we should go to god worshiping... like in larry Nevin's ringworld .. how the engineers were worshiped as gods... and since we'll terraform mars, i think we sould worship the engineers as gods... the end..

there is methane and ozone in both earth and mars... however they are being continuously being created and destroyed and dont get above a few ppm. especially on mars. methane only lasts for about 9 years before it gets destroyed which does beg the question why is it still there and how is it being replenished.. since there is thought to be no volcanic activity.
see the only thing bad with your idea.. which i though about doing before is that fact that you'd be pumping out methane and you'd be pumping out tons and tons and it wouldnt accumulate in the atmosphere until it has used up the ozone and O2.  PFC'S do take a greater amount of energy, but they are able to hold in  exceptionally more heat and they would last a lot longer (thousands of years) and dont get eaten away by ozone.

but either way what we need to do is increase the pressure and warm up the planet. and a benefit of releasing O2 from the soil is that it will come into contact with UV light and a decent portion will become O3 anyways.

Toy space ship design contest:
  The winner of this contest will be awarded a top cash prize of $500. If 2 or more designs are selected, a cash prize of $500 will be awarded for each. One winner per design, multiple entries of the same design from the same contestant, will not be accepted.*
Rules are as follows:
  The ship design may either be that of pure science fiction type or of realistic type drawings.
Drawings should have (but are not limited to) design specification measurements and should be no bigger than 2x2x2ft. While drawing up a design the following entry should have in mind of a 6x6x6in cube that must fit inside the toy to allow for batteries and electronic coponents.
And/or
There may be a second cash prize of $200 for a solid die-cast design with no limitation on size, internal or external.

All entries are to be emailed to jdrz007@aol.com with the subject "toy contest", those without the proper subject will be deleted. If you would prefer to send in your entry via snail mail please specify so in the email, and a reply will be given with the address to send it to. Included must be the drawing with as much detail as possible, with the name of the contestant, telephone number and a return address. All work must be original, signed and dated by its creator.
Contest ends march 29rd 2007 and the winner(s) will be notified no later than April 7.

all submitted entries will not be handed back. selected entries will win the cash prize and from that point on we will have exclusive rights to it and be the sole property of L33T llc.
* if multiple entries of the same design are received from different contestants, the cash prize will be awarded to the first entry if selected.

ooo the sheer brilliance of people sometimes.

i dont think its canada i think tis the sweeds.

not bad could work....

a little more out there thought but you could havea sterling dish mounted ontop of it, and only have the rover operating during the daylight lol

then you have to factor in where are you going to get your fuel and what is your max range.

more than likely batteries will win out only due to the fact that they are more or less in the middle, and when coupled with PV pannels you get some of your fuel back when your out there working.