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#1 2004-05-06 02:12:56

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Re: life on mars - changing the enviornment on mars

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#2 2004-05-07 04:55:29

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Re: life on mars - changing the enviornment on mars

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#3 2004-05-07 05:06:58

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Re: life on mars - changing the enviornment on mars

Would making a livable enviornment on Mars breed life there as well?  Would creatures be born from the enviornmental change?

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#4 2004-09-24 09:13:18

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Re: life on mars - changing the enviornment on mars

Would making a livable enviornment on Mars breed life there as well?  Would creatures be born from the enviornmental change?

I'm sure over time there would be some adaptation in those plants, because the plants and animals that don't adapt, generally die out. But, the hardier ones that have a special gene or are stronger will predominate over the weaker member of there species and over time there will be a gradual change as these qualities take over. As to how much it will change and on what level  it changes, nobody knows for sure. But, at some point, you would most certainly develop a Martian verity of that plant.

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#5 2004-09-24 19:07:21

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Re: life on mars - changing the enviornment on mars

It almost sounds like Alex is half expecting life to appear on Mars simply because the environment is changed for the better.
    If there is no life on Mars today, simply making the place warmer and wetter won't cause it to appear - except perhaps if the climate change is permanent and we wait for a few hundred million years!  tongue

    On the other hand, a human presence on Mars to initiate the environmental improvement, will necessarily introduce microbial life. (We are, after all, essentially mobile bags of bacteria-contaminated salt-water, which leak rather badly!  sad   big_smile  )

    If we introduce bacteria or if bacteria are already there (which, to me, is more likely), creating a benign environment will almost certainly trigger the 'greening' of the surface. I can see no reason why life there shouldn't continue the process of evolution, just as it has on Earth for eons. Over time, I'm sure some amazing and exotic forms of life would develop.
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