"Mars in Australia?" Topic
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| shelldrake | 23 Sep 2008 7:11 p.m. PST |
Yesterday a front went across Australia and a huge dust storm hit Alice Springs in central Australia. The images on the news made it look more like Mars that you see in some movies than anything else. I found these pics on the net for others to look at: link |
 Dances With Words   | 23 Sep 2008 7:24 p.m. PST |
Here's an interesting thought or three… When it comes time to actually try to LIVE on Mars…colonies, live off the land…make it a PLACE…do you think Australians (including 'native peoples' or whatever politically correct words you want)…might be able to 'talk with the Land' or is that too 'alien'? Sure, you could film 'realistic MARS-movies' there in 'Oz'…but for real world applications…would folks from Australia make better 'colonists' for long term…making 'do' with min tech and making MARS a 'home'/pioneering another frontier?? Sgt DWW |
| shelldrake | 23 Sep 2008 11:08 p.m. PST |
Generally speaking, the Aussies in the cities wouldn't do well at being colonists, as they wouldn't have anywhere to get their boutique coffees anywhere, but the country folk certainly would be of great help. IIRC some NASA equipment (those remote vehicles thingies) were tested in the outback here as the conditions were similar to what they were expecting on the moon or mars (cant remember which it was). |
| Spectacle | 24 Sep 2008 1:54 a.m. PST |
I think Mars is simply too hostile for settlements there to be anything like the pioneer camps we've had here on Earth. The colonists would be totally reliant on high-tech equipment to sustain them, and would probably cluster together most of the time to share the larger stuff, and make sure help is near if something goes wrong. |
| peleset | 24 Sep 2008 3:39 a.m. PST |
Of course the natives may not be too friendly towards colonists either. |
| Plutius | 24 Sep 2008 6:44 a.m. PST |
"The chance of missiles coming from Mars, is a million to one" they said… |
| infojunky | 24 Sep 2008 8:00 a.m. PST |
Hey it's a mem….. Mars = Australia |
| Barks1 | 24 Sep 2008 3:07 p.m. PST |
Too damned cold on Mars, tho'. |
| Marauder | 24 Sep 2008 10:39 p.m. PST |
"IIRC some NASA equipment (those remote vehicles thingies) were tested in the outback here as the conditions were similar to what they were expecting on the moon or mars (cant remember which it was)." Of course some people believe that these rovers are in reality actually kicking around the Aussie desert somewhere pretending to be on Mars. "as they wouldn't have anywhere to get their boutique coffees anywhere"
True, but I bet we find a way to get a beer up there. "Of course the natives may not be too friendly towards colonists either."
Especially once we start a bit of "probing" of our own. Payback time |
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