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Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American

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a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/19/2018 5:03 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <883jidpvm7akms7jigenqg37gn3pkseetk@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:15:53 -0700, a425couple
>>> <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/18/2018 10:03 AM, a425couple wrote:
>>>>> from
>>>>> https://futurism.com/cyanobacteria-oxygen-mars/
>>>>>
>>>>> Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That Possible.
>>>>> Now, we may have a new hope in the hunt for a steady supply of oxygen on  
>>>>> the Red Planet: cyanobacteria. This family of bacteria sucks up carbon
>>>>> dioxide and discharges oxygen in some of Earth's most inhospitable
>>>>> environments.
>>>>
>>>> and another similar version
>>>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weird-low-light-bacteria-could-potentially-thrive-on-mars/
>>>
>>> The trouble with this notion is that there isn't much CO2 on Mars
>>> either.  So the cyanobacteria could separate _all_ of it and there
>>> still wouldn't be a breathable atmosphere.
>>
>> What we need to do to Mars before trying to give it an atmosphere
>> is to restart its magnetic field.  I'm working on and off (mostly
>> off) on a space opera in which that was done, and Mars
>> subsequently terraformed, back in the mythical times Before The
>> Interregnum which nobody remembers much of, so that I don't have
>> to explain how it was done.  :)
>>
>
> In the Star Trek series, "Star Trek Twilight's End" by
> Jerry Oltion, they plan to start a planet spinning.
> Which, would probably be one way.
>
> from   
> https://www.amazon.com/Twilights-End-Star-Trek-Original-ebook/dp/B000FC0VY8
>
> "Unlike most planets, Rimillia does not spin upon its axis so its day
> and night sides are subject to perpetual extremes of hot and cold.
> Habitation has only been possible on a thin band of the planet's
> surface...until now.
> Using gigantic impulse engines of unimaginable power, the alien Dumada
> intend to start Rimillia rotating, rendering the entire world fit for
> colonization. Yet some fear the enormous stresses involved may tear the
> planet apart.
> Assigned to assist the Dumada, Captain Kirk must rescue a kidnapped
> scientist vital to the rotation project. But, once the giant engines are
> activated, can even Scotty save Rimillia -- and the U.S.S. Enterprise
> -- from total destruction."

*spoiler space*


A malfunction catapults the ship /Hogan's Goat/ several billion years
into the future in "One Face" (Niven). The premise is that you can
think your way through any problem. 
    The /Goat's/ crew and passengers finds themselves in an aged Solar 
system where only one side of a now spinless Earth faces a shrunken Sun.
For lack of any alternative, the /Goat/ lands near the Earth's equator.
Then the ship's unobtainium is used to kickstart the Earth's spin.

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Thank you,

-- 
Don

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OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That Possible. a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-18 10:03 -0700
  Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-18 10:15 -0700
    Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 19:10 -0400
      Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-19 16:17 -0700
      Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 19:19 -0500
        Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 00:46 +0000
          Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 20:48 -0500
            Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-19 19:26 -0700
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 21:31 -0500
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-19 20:37 -0700
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-20 13:34 +0300
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Chris Zakes <dontivar@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 19:58 -0500
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 20:00 -0500
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 21:26 -0700
          Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-19 20:00 -0700
            Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 23:31 -0400
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 21:22 -0700
      Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 00:03 +0000
        Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-20 11:50 -0700
          Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-20 20:33 +0000
            Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-20 13:48 -0700
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-20 23:00 +0000
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 12:14 -0700
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-21 20:05 +0000
                Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-22 08:51 -0600
              Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from Scientific American Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-22 08:50 -0600
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