terraforming

I did a forum search for a similar thread but couldn't find much, so here goes: Assume for the purposes of this thread that all of Earth has united behind the idea of colonising Venus within a maximum of 500 years. Assume further that we have as a planet decided that Mars isn't worth it (for...

So a friend brought up the topic of terraforming Mars to make it hospitable for all manner of life. I'd never heard of the idea, but I dismissed it because I figured it'd simply be too cold. Turns out, there's quite a bit of research that's been done on it. Here's the wiki, and another...

There are some bold experiments and explorations waiting to happen on Earth, that interest me more than sending people to Mars, at least for now. Here's a very rough outline of one of them: A huge ice-berg cuts loose; one of those you hear about; the size of Delaware. A team of commandos and...

Okay, here is a solution to global warming I dreamed up when I was a grade school student. It is a very rough idea but I think there might be something to it and I am surprised I have never heard anything like it in the media. I am hoping to toss it out to those many a wiser than me in the JREF...