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Common yeast can survive Martian conditions

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79 points geox | 3 comments | 14 Oct 25 22:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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WalterBright ◴[22 Oct 25 23:40 UTC] No.45676543[source]▶
We should be dropping bags of extremophile organisms into the Martian atmosphere to get a start on terraforming it.
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1. schwartzworld ◴[22 Oct 25 23:40 UTC] No.45676548[source]▶
The best time to start terraforming a planet is 500 years ago. The second best time is now.
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2. glenstein ◴[23 Oct 25 01:41 UTC] No.45677272[source]▶
To your point, one of the most remarkable things I've read about both Mars and Venus, is that there was a time billions of years ago when they had more moderate temperatures and liquid water.

In a way, it's a tragedy that human civilization has only emerged at a time when both Mars and Venus have become much more uninhabitable than they used to be.

3. weregiraffe ◴[23 Oct 25 07:42 UTC] No.45679271[source]▶
The best time to start terraforming a planet is never. The idea is as absurd as a Dyson sphere/swarm. People should really grow beyond sci-fi ideas that were last fresh in the 1930's.