3 Questions: Martian Methane

[tt1w3d]

right, i say that if we decide to go onto different planets and stuff - NO RELIGION!!! just look whats its done to earth wars, massacres, bombings, sacrifices, people wasting thier own lives trying to live up to thier gods standars???? i meen cmon!

[wavez9]

i swear if there were aliens or other life, we will be the most hated cuz where so nosy lool

[miiror13]

unfortantly just because it happens that way on earth that means it happens that way on earth i now thats self explanitory but people who belive in aliens dont seem to under stand this cncet

EARTH IS EARTH

rest of the unvierse is rest of the universe

there could be iron based life on mars (we are carbon based)

[vayahoo]

if there water there are oxygen so taht mean oxygen exist on mars but very little

[Helge129]

@vayahoo There is Oxygen on Mars, but either very little, or most of it is bound in CO2.

[MarthaPerezDiva]

why they no fix the world first ?then them get a hell out of here??? so them need another planet to mess whit?/

i just wondering..

[Freeq4]

Dont you need organic material for methane to happen?

[mtszabo]

@Freeq4

Not necessarily. Re-watch the first minute of this video. He explains 2 other possibilities.

[SearingWolfe]

we NEED to colonize another planet! the moon isnt a very suitable place for human life, but mars definitely is. if a big enough asteroid hits earth, the human race could become extinct. but if we colonize mars, we would stand a chance.

[dareal92]

On Mars are probably a LOT of insects...

watch?v=IBM1Z4hx5rE

[imtxsmoke]

SearingWolfe....what makes you think an asteroid won't hit Mars? Mars is actually closer to the asteroid belt than Earth.

[SearingWolfe]

I didn't say Mars wouldn't be hit by an asteroid. I'm just saying, if we did colonize Mars, and one of the planets, Mars or Earth, gets hit by an asteroid, we still have a second chance for mankind because we colonized two planets. It's very unlikely that an asteroid will hit Mars and Earth in a time span of 100, or even 1,000 years.

[texNoz]

Why would anyone care if the species survives?? I'm speaking from a scientific point of view. The care of species survival is an instinct and therefore insignificant when it comes to science.

[D34dFilms]

Having the knowledge to potentially save the human species would mean our instinct would force us to colonize?

Like how my dog fucks my couch because it wants to save his species.. Hes takin chances damnit!

[youssefmaks]

@D34dFilms hehehe your so funny .... you made ,y day :P

[1337w33d]

Actually there is a near earth asteroid which is capable of a planet-wide mass extinction. Though, it's said that if it is going to hit, it'll be at least 800 years from now.

Asteroid name:

(29075) 1950 DA

[luislaurencio]

did you see the video of bigfoot in mars ,.,what the hell ,we don't pass the moon and he is already in mars

[Pocketmonsterx14]

Lmfao!!!

[clifftontattoo]

our travels to mars are the next step. we're stagnating here, finding reasons to fight and consume. we could be exploring if we started another space race

[psynema]

@clifftontattoo Don't worry, once we run low on oil in a few years...where else could they drill?

[zenoparodie]

@clifftontattoo yeah maybe a new cold war would help

[NotSoOldHippy]

Mars methane is obviously being produced by the Body Thetan implant stations L. Ron Hubbard told us about.

[CincinnatusSPQR]

We need to fucking GO there, C'mon humans get a move on... Jeez!

Fuck Iraq, Conquer Mars!

For all our sakes we need a seperate human society on another planet that can function independently, incase we fuck this planet up any more than we have and all go bye-bye.

[Gwunty]

I realize how old that comment is but it's too stupid not to reply too...

First off, we don't have the power to bring humans there, if we did, we would be there already instead of just sending rovers. Second, how the hell would we get a separate human society there? There's no air and suits are expensive, there's no food and eventually we would run out, and finally it's FROZEN.

[CincinnatusSPQR]

I respectfully disagree, do some research, you'll see that colonizing places we aint suppose to be is in our nature.

We'll adapt, have some faith in humanities ability to overcome diversity. It requires political incentive to explore space manualy, were to busy fighting fictitious wars of bullshit.

We teraform, if you'd look at the chemical composition of Mars you'll see its too cold and the atmosphear is to thin, BOTH can be changed to our favour. We do it here on Earth with Global warming.

[Gwunty]

True, but still, think about how long it took for Global warming on Earth, long time. Just think about it in space where it's probably 10x colder. It could be too late. Also, think about how it has the potential to kill us on Earth, so if we use it to our advantage by the time it will be ready it could be dangerous. And once again I bring up oxygen, it's limited and plants can't be grown as they need CO2 and we're a source for that, but we need air so we use the suits which block out the CO2.

[CincinnatusSPQR]

The chemical composition of the Martian atmosphear is CO2, the only factor is temperature, you raise this by increasing Mars' ability (because of its inability), to trap the Suns heat, as we know greenhouse gases are sublime at this. temperate weather (artificialy induced) + CO2 + metabolizing organisms = Oxygen! It may take a few hundred years but thats an eye blink in geological terms. And a component of Water is?

What is thier proven abundance of frozen on Mars?

[mtszabo]

@Gwunty

1) We do have the power to get there; it's the getting back that's the issue.

2) That would depend on the size of the society. We would have to build an enclosed habitat and grow food from seed.

3) There are places on earth that are frozen year-round in which people still manage to live.

That said, I think colonizing Mars would be a major PITA. I think we'd better off trying to come up with a way to teraform Venus, since it's almost the same size as Earth.

[Tylatz]

I doubt Venus would be easier, but we should be giving it more attention than we have in modern history. The planet is very much alive and is the closest living planet to us. There is a lot that we could learn.

[mtszabo]

@Tylatz

Yes. I'm not saying it would be easier. I'm just saying that Venus has already proven that it has enough gravity to hold on to an atmosphere; unlike Mars where the atmosphere it too thin to breathe. It makes more sense to me to invent a way to convert the Venutian atmosphere into one which would support human life, rather than live in bubbles on Mars.

[Tylatz]

Well, are we looking for a way to terraform or colonize Venus? Just colonizing it would be a lot easier, but it would be the same bubble scenario as Mars. Anyway, it's really hard to compare these two because they are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. I see the greatest issue with Mars being the acquisition of the needed resources. Venus would be the construction of a massive infrastructure around the planet. Either way SSP looks like it will be the first step.

[mtszabo]

@Tylatz

Mars would be easier to colonize if you're going with the bubble method. Venus currently has a surface temp of ~900°F, rains sulphuric acid, and has an atmospheric pressure roughly equivalent to being under the sea on Earth. Long-term, terraforming Venus makes more sense because of its size and the fact that it can actually hold an atmosphere.

SSP is an acronym with which I am unfamiliar. Enlighten me, please?

[Tylatz]

I didn't mean the colonization would be exactly the same. It would have to be in the atmosphere. Either way you end up in a bubble.

Solar Space Power or Space-based Solar Power (SBSP). The technology needed to do anything with either planet falls in line with that that we would need to develop to create a workable SSP array. It is believed that by taking on this project we will begin a fundamental transition to being a true space fairing race.

[mtszabo]

@Tylatz

Right, right. I got what you meant. I'm just saying if we can figure out how to fix Venus, we'd have a whole new Earth-like planet to live on, out in the open. No bubbles. Granted, it might be a 100+ year process, but well worth it in the end.

Ah, ok. Yes, that makes complete sense. I think we'd be doing a heck of a lot more solar on Earth right now if it weren't for the oil lobbyists. I'm working on saving enough cash to panel my roof. A lot of potential up there.

[pluto4847]

@mtszabo

Colonizing Venys. Why would someone go to all that trouble? Its a deadly gaseous world, but all the same if we could cool down the surface of Venus--it might be possible. I only wish the orbit of Venus would be closer to us. It could be made into a 2nd Earth, but needs a dramatic makeover.

[mtszabo]

@pluto4847

I didn't say it would be easy :-) The reason though, is the size. It's roughly the same size as earth, with roughly the same gravity. The other bonus is that it can obviously hold atmosphere, where mars is debatable.

If we could condense the venusian atmosphere back into liquid water, the surface temp would drop to habitable. It's the thick greenhouse gasses that are making it so hot.

[D34dFilms]

How would we bring it away from the sun? We aren't even 50% sure if you can artificially move planets from orbit are we? (IDK)

[mtszabo]

@D34dFilms

We wouldn't need to bring it away from the sun. Venus is already in the "habitable planet" zone.

[D34dFilms]

Oh okay, But it's the atmosphere that keeps it so hot, I watched another YT video saying that Earth was also inhabitable then it rained for years in a row or something, Maybe venus has to do that.

[mtszabo]

@D34dFilms

Exactly. If we could figure out a way to make the atmosphere condense and rain down liquid water, we'd have another viable planet to live on.

[johnsmdm]

yodas cave rained for years too sir....

[ghodium]

@D34dFilms just need to shake a large volume of space centred at the sun, like when you shake a funnel containing a marble and the marble's orbit increases, sure we be able to do that in a couple of years

[Pocketmonsterx14]

Venus is wayyyy too hot though

[mtszabo]

@Pocketmonsterx14

Right. It's wayyyy to hot. Now. But with all of that atmosphere creating all of that heat, there is potentially a second earth-like planet there, just waiting to have the atmospheric gases condensed back into liquid water and breathable air. It would take technology that we don't currently have, but it would be well worth it in the end.

[caltontongs73]

surely it is way to far from the sun to be anything like earth,surely it is very cold!

[mtszabo]

@caltontongs73

Venus? Venus is closer to the sun than Earth is.  It isn't cold at all. In fact, the surface temperature is ~900°F.

[brutsi]

lololololol a parachute doesnt work on mars unless its grossly out of proportion becuase of the thin atmosphere...

[Deshara218]

Actually, a parachute there that is made with the dimensions of our parachutes here would be considered proportionally wrong.

Proportions are relative to circumstances. Huge parachute for here is normal for a parachute there.

[brutsi]

that was just what i said. but i could add grossly out of proportion relative the the earths atmosphere. but look at the animation that chute is way to small to do any good

[EasyWhenYourEvil]

its a huge red fart planet with ice caps and...thats about it...it would be hilarious if pluto had life.

[BlockisticStudios]

No, it would just defy physics.

[EasyWhenYourEvil]

thats why i said it would be hilarious if it HAD,but it does not

[yoops]

this rusty fart planet might just provide the human race as a 2nd home.

[brantfool]

the music in this video made me want a poo

[HMGen14]

or we could NUKE the planets ice caps make the planet flood itself and grow trees and plants and weird ugly ass animals and stuff and move in, but WHAT IF, the trees dont grow they way they do here...they might not be green or have bark hell the bark part could be the branches and the tree part (leaves and stuff) could be bark for all we know, easier to eat the leaves when were hungry lol, or it might be...Iron like metal Iron that pops out thats how Alien it could be and thats how stupid we are

[Icix1]

Duh...

[EasyWhenYourEvil]

your kidding,right? cause a nuke wont help...like...at all....

[xgotarox]

HMGen14.. what the HELL are you talking about? lol..

the same species would grow just the same in different locations.. they aren't going to suddenly stop using chlorophyll and create some new way of obtaining energy.. :P

(it DEFINITELY won't be made out of or start producing iron.. ;P~)

"and thats how stupid we are"

that statement did not even remotely logically follow ANY of the statements in the preceding paragraph. i repeat, what the HELL are you talking about? =P

[theseatonslicer]

contentlocked99

Trust me mate....100% of other species are smarter than us.

Theres only 1 species responsible for the destruction of this planet and it aint the big elephant or the dormouse.

[randytaves]

could it also be possible that all the crap we've sent to mars was carrying some form of methane producing bacteria and since these multiple landings has become so numerous that it now produces vast quantities of methane?

[n8iveidiot13]

the methane there is being recycled over and over again so what ever is producing it is using it and it has been that way for a long time im not tlaking 50 years either

[boredman443]

This was a boring interview... We've found water and we've found methane. Why aren't we colonizing that bitch?

[kingdemon815]

shitty economy.

[boredman443]

Well loans help the economy... Stimulus package! I volunteer to be on the first ship out.

[geromik]

and it'll get even worse.

[contentlocked99]

lol i was thinking the same thing...

why waste time on a barren rock when we could be looking for more powerful compunds to fuel ships, which in turn we could find a planet that IS already inhabitable...

[boredman443]

Well we've found one. It's twenty lightyears away but we found it.

[contentlocked99]

seriously? think about the kind of stuff on that planet... there could be more radioactive elements to use as fuel, or there might be other species close or even smarter than us...

[pres411]

it has A LOT of water.

[cpk9999]

we found what?

[geromik]

No offense.

Apparently some one is bored the sh*t out of their minds. Enjoy life on earth, while it lasts, and go and find something else to do. Mars is too cold, besides, we don't have terraformation technology.

[contentlocked99]

so why are we wasting our time there?

[kingdemon815]

Yet..

[guitbox9]

we can acctually terraform by blasting co2 into the atmosphere like what we are doing now on earth, but there are other factors to put into it

[phaloxxx]

lol one issue with that, if there is life there already, pushing it on the planet would distabilize the ecology (just saying)

[WelcomeToCarnate]

You really think that humans, the most invasive species on this planet(Fire Ants ain't got shit on us!)care about disturbing delicate environmental balances? If we did care, we probably wouldn't be paying Mars such close attention. We're already killing one planet, and now we're setting our sights on the next victim. The human race is a killer that's using one hand to hold some binoculars to check out the hot chick across the street, while using the other to strangle the chick we've already got.

[geromik]

If what you said is "Terraformation" for you, then I am a big f*kin' ballerina in a tinny miniskirt.

Just saying.

[guitbox9]

so you are a tin-like ballerina?

you sir are an idiot

[geromik]

So intelligent .I'm not even sure if others can expect any other answer, to be honest, but I wasn't relying on anything better from you.

Sounds like you're trying to defend your theory of opinion... i said "Not offense" which that's what happens, so what you're doing is just a bunch of bologney sausage.

You make yourself look good in front of everybody else to make other look like they're bad. Dude, you're making a joke out of yourself.

[guitbox9]

"You make yourself look good in front of everybody else to make other look like they're bad "

funny since you replied to my comment in an antagonistic way.

[geromik]

Don't get smart ;-)

[geromik]

... but like I said... No Offense.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Before the Nazis were defeated, they managed to launch Hitler into space and he landed on Mars and conquered the martians. The methane comes from their underground cow crap powered drills as they continue their search for Mars' famous core of solid gold.

[Suicune653]

Man its farting martian cows!! lol

[Bobofet241]

I'm all for this Cow Theory. :P

[WEBCARTOONIST]

go to webcartoonist on utube, he has the answer to the mystery of methane gas on Mars

[21blue64]

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[lxlelpatronlxl]

I say it is farting Martinan aliens... :s

[qube12345]

lool the ending hahaha!!!

[gtEvilPoke]

lol, the ending showed sperm sells farting methane. sweet planet!

[contentlocked99]

everyone jack off on mars, we need to stabilize the atmosphere XD

[simpsboy]

Lets write a bible for mars.

"Let there be a lot of rocks on mars"

And behold,a lot of rocks appeared.

The Lord created the microbes after his image.

"Thou shalt eat dirt and fart methane."

[jetsings]

lol^^

[matenizer]

And then the lord created Martians.

"Go now":The Lord said:"And destroy those other humanoids I made"

[jdf088]

lmao

[guitbox9]

perfect lol

[Sonyoooo3]

So Mars produce pig under the Mars soil?

[jetsings]

lol!! ^^ but its quite true ^^,,,

[Slik2015]

crazy, if theres water does it mean we can eventually do shit on that planet?

[sarimakbar]

haha i like how u phrase the question "do shit on that planet" lol. if ur talking about human exploration missions..thats not til a while..cuz we first need to design a suitable spacecraft, next the problem is the fuel, then the next problem is the cosmic rays which are very harmful to the skin, then the problem is prolonged exposure to zero gravity which can decrease bone density if ur in space too long..and a voyage to mars will take like a couple of months to a year.

[sarimakbar]

lastly thers the issue of psychological effects, it may seem irrelevant but the lack of gravity can have psychological effects, so yea as u can see theres a lot of issues that need to be addressed..id say in the next few decades 20-30 years we might see the first exploration mission.

[scar3crow1]

responce to sarimakbar. The ISS crew uses weight training to keep the bones just fine.

[zenniz1992]

It will after 200years of colonization.

[TheHasanShow]

i hope tht life form speaks english so we could communicate.

[xXLoveEdwardCullenXx]

LOL...

[DisturbedSoul360]

if they do find something on mars, i hope its like not a virus that wipes out earth lolz

[nomineZERO]

How do you think any life from mars could affect beings from earth at all if you constider that those are two totally diferent evolutionarry trees undependant on each other.

The only way the life on mars could be dangerous to us is with long time interactions with us.

And because of that the chance for a dangerous virus for us to appear is the same as if a virus on earth mutates to vipe us out.

[duhzi]

wow this is awsome but i wonder when they bring the organism to earth it is safe... lol

[craens]

i hope pokemon is real!

[eddie2593]

lol...

[shehatesmrjones]

yes its confirmed!

[proteinman007]

People forget~Everything is Multi~Dimensional !!! ^-^

[miragebird]

Life doesn't have to carbon and water based. I'm hoping that mars has some non carbon and water based life, just to make things interesting.

[AstOnokReviews]

silicon is the other most likely basis

[lerkerofthenight]

A new field of biology that would be...more studying then. fuck that!

[DeadlyAngelicDemon]

I'm hoping that we do find life on Mars or on a planet similar to Earth.

[redthemastertrainer]

Interestante'!

[41566118]

Yay ! ^-^