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#1 2004-08-06 17:37:33
- kagazoid
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Re: Rovers re. Terraformation - Any useful info from Rovers?
I was just wondering if the Mars Rovers have returned any information relevant to the terraforming question.
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#2 2004-08-07 01:15:15
- Rxke
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Re: Rovers re. Terraformation - Any useful info from Rovers?
Hi, Kagazoid.
That's a pretty broad question...
So, I'd say yes! 
There's a better understanding of composition of the soil, for starters, so In situ recources production plans can profit from that, also, of course biologists can have a better idea which kind of organisms might survive or adapt to the environment etc...
Can you be a bit more specific with what you mean? A lot of people have different ideas about terraforming, so it's not always easy...
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#3 2004-08-10 12:01:10
- SpaceNut
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Re: Rovers re. Terraformation - Any useful info from Rovers?
There has also been several announcements of methane, ammonia and of other items that would tend to prove that a thin atmosphere is possible.
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