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re: Move it into orbit around Mars.
How about half way between Mars and Earth?
Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 4:16:16 PM
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Sounds like a good comprimise.
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Terrafroming Venus
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Scott Evil
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3/16/2006 10:30:47 PM
Assuming we are able to engineer glow-in-the dark butterflys (or NANO Robots) that poop buckyballs
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 9:04:12 PM
Diamondoid
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Adam
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3/23/2006 11:15:30 AM
re: Terrafroming Venus
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REB
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3/21/2006 7:20:24 PM
I'm for moving the planet
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azstrummer
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3/17/2006 11:50:18 PM
NIMBY!
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Tom Brosz
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3/19/2006 5:34:35 PM
Swap 'em
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Adam
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3/20/2006 9:43:35 AM
What if we move a small comet into orbit of Venus and then spin it...
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 9:00:18 PM
Maybe nano-tech will...
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alcaray
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3/17/2006 8:17:49 PM
re: Maybe nano-tech will...
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ljk
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3/18/2006 4:42:34 PM
Let it fall to the ground.
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 8:43:14 PM
Move it into orbit around Earth
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SDF
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3/17/2006 3:55:29 PM
re: Maybe what is needed is tidal effects.
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 4:17:52 PM
re: Move it into orbit around Mars.
(n/t)
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SDF
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3/17/2006 3:56:44 PM
How about half way between Mars and Earth?
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 4:16:16 PM
or in opposition to earth?
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podrock
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3/17/2006 6:44:17 PM
But then it would collide with Gor
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Laurie Street
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3/17/2006 6:46:46 PM
I miss Gor
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alcaray
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3/17/2006 7:49:50 PM
If you can wait a bit...
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ljk
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3/19/2006 4:04:51 PM
What about the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange Point?
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SDF
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3/21/2006 2:25:17 PM
Correction!!! I meant the L4 or L5 Lagrange Points
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SDF
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3/21/2006 2:27:25 PM
Or Asterform it.
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Tom Brosz
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3/17/2006 3:31:46 PM
Almost like a proto-Earth - Thea collision.
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et
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3/17/2006 7:59:52 PM
But how?
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 8:41:53 PM
re: What if you put a cloud of mirco debris in orbit around Venus...
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 8:50:11 PM
I've put some thought into this. I think I posted on it....
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et
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3/17/2006 9:38:50 PM
re: What if you could come up with a molecular structure that would cause a greenhouse in reverse?
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 9:56:18 PM
Not that far out of the box
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Robert
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3/18/2006 9:25:34 PM
re: Not that far out of the box
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R.L.
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3/22/2006 9:58:24 AM
far out of the box
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Robert
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3/22/2006 3:11:46 PM
reread my above post...
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R.L.
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3/23/2006 10:02:08 AM
What if you seeded the atmosphere with Iridescent material that gives off light when heated?
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 4:07:51 PM
re: What if you seeded the atmosphere with Iridescent material that gives off light when heated?
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Robert
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3/22/2006 5:11:04 PM
I was hoping that you would tell me that a buckyball heated above 150 Degrees F would begin to glow white hot light...
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 5:41:04 PM
Oops
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Robert
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3/22/2006 6:08:25 PM
WILL ONE? I JUST MADE THAT UP!
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 7:27:09 PM
Whoa there!
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Robert
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3/22/2006 8:12:10 PM
If R.L. patents this idea, I humbly request that he call them "Evil Lasers"
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 9:13:18 PM
What about "BuckeyBlasters"?
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Robert
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3/23/2006 9:33:54 PM
Maybe we just came up with a way to deliver molecules (drugs) to a body using a buckeyball delivery means.
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 8:46:31 PM
I believe that this has been suggested before...
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R.L.
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3/23/2006 10:19:01 AM
What about carbon airgels?
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Scott Evil
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3/22/2006 7:55:22 PM
BTW, speaking of big ideas
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Robert
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3/22/2006 8:18:57 PM
Wow
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Robert
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3/22/2006 8:15:49 PM
engineering planetary systems.
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Scott Evil
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3/19/2006 11:13:35 PM
re: engineering planetary systems.
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Robert
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3/20/2006 2:49:48 PM
re: What if you could come up with a molecular structure that would cause a greenhouse in reverse?
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Johannes
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3/18/2006 1:29:55 AM
Smash the planet Mercury into Venus?
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 4:14:37 PM
Holy smokes...
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McFly
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3/17/2006 6:11:10 PM
Yeah, let's do these 4 of July celebrations in someone else's star system
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alcaray
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3/17/2006 8:14:25 PM
Nope
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Adam
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3/17/2006 11:01:03 AM
I just hate to waste a terrestrial planet that is so close by...
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 3:16:24 PM
Who says it's a waste?
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Adam
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3/19/2006 5:16:34 AM
Hit it with a BIG icy comet
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Buck Galaxy
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3/17/2006 8:12:15 AM
How about a big molten ball of rock guys?
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et
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3/17/2006 9:07:53 AM
Using machine self-replicating systems (SRS)
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ljk
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3/17/2006 4:22:56 PM
It does not seem like a good idea.
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David F Mayer
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3/16/2006 10:36:06 PM
Oh crap...I did it again...
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Scott Evil
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3/16/2006 10:31:24 PM
I'll take care of it, hang on for a few minutes.
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Robert
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3/16/2006 10:37:27 PM
Moved
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Robert
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3/16/2006 10:38:48 PM
Thanks by the way...
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 9:07:17 PM
No problem
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Robert
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3/17/2006 9:22:32 PM
Hummm...Buckeyball Bugs...
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 9:45:45 PM
re: Hummm...Buckeyball Bugs...
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Robert
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3/18/2006 1:05:32 AM
Maybe the bugs could poop buckeyballs?
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Scott Evil
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3/17/2006 10:27:37 PM
Carbon
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nick hoffman
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3/18/2006 5:41:21 AM
re: Carbon
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Robert
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3/18/2006 8:58:44 PM
Maybe we are making a mistake in thinking that the best use for the planet would be as a "sister Earth"
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Scott Evil
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3/19/2006 9:59:44 PM
has the carbon in abundance
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Adam
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3/20/2006 9:39:16 AM
One problem at a time!
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Scott Evil
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3/18/2006 4:37:01 PM
See Venus now - before we change it!
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ljk
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3/23/2006 3:37:23 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.