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Dragmire_Afterlife t1_ir3gtm4 wrote

Fuck yeah. The concept of teraforming and living on other planets is so fucking cool and I am glad I live in this time to watch it begin.

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Tobias_Atwood t1_ir3j46l wrote

This isn't terraforming so much as it is a proof of concept for ability to take what thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide is there and using it to make oxygen for any terrarium people that may end up living there. Or oxidizer for rocket fuel.

The Kurzgesagt video on Venus is a rather interesting terraforming idea if you haven't seen it already.

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YellowFlySwat t1_ir3nnts wrote

Right. OP acknowledges that this isn't terraforming, but one of the first steps into being able to do so.

I too think it is exciting.

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u9Nails t1_ir3rcq6 wrote

I saw Serenity. This doesn't end well.

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mvfsullivan t1_ir5u7az wrote

Its so easy for humanity to see a technological breakthrough and be like "nice" but when you really think about it, its absolutely mind boggling.

Like we didnt just shoot a thing and make it land on a planet. Sooooooooo much math, science, engineering and all of that went into landing a huge ass machine on a fucking planet almost a million miles away. Thats insane.

If you asked your neighbour to make a cup out of clay, they would probably have a heart attack. Try making a machine capable of travelling to another planet and harvesting fucking oxygen.

Humanity man, we cray zay

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-LVS t1_ir4h8c3 wrote

This will never happen. There are not enough resources to achieve it

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