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      i know i was going to talk about the greenhouse , but have decided instead to talk about mars. you check out the greenhouse pics while i ramble on with my conceptual view of populating mars.   

     i was reading about the nasa mission to mars on their car size rover, with a name like conqueror or something like curiosity, and they believe they have found evidence of water on the planet.the infinite possibility of having life extend beyond our world.  with water all things are possible as through distillation and evaporation the possibility of sustaining a controlled environment could exist. a possible mars community could arise and through technology such as the ones being used to power curiosity , which is nuclear, a larger one would produce the heat and lights and to grow vegetables and support a colony under roof to protect ones life from mars harsh environment.

     in order to support life on another planet the essential chemicals or gases have to exist to support human life. to take them from earth and transport to another planet would be fruitless and costly . to have life exist beyond our planet is a possibility as defined by the iss- international space station circling earth now. we have the technology we just don't have the right resources on the other end to make it feasible or not a death sentence for the explorers to attempt. 

     now i have to question nasa" attempt at exploring with curiosity the rover. why didn't they put a drill capable of drilling 20 feet down . the extra weight created by adding twenty feet of drill stem could have been easily displaced by throwing the robot arm in the ditch. it looks awkward and clumsy in pics beamed back as if that is the best nasa could do. 

      knowing a little about geology and understanding principals of physics feel that the rover could easily drill 20 feet down in the alluvial stream bed hopefully finding a good and clear source of water. to me this is more important than traipsing and lolly gagging  about the alluvial plains of mars on a sight seeing trip at the tax payers expense. but the thought of being stuck in the hole with the drill in a down position would instantly end  the curiosity rover mission. 

      by now you assume this is just total ramblings from what ever, and you are wondering off. fear not there is more. now who should be the first explorers on mars? this is a possible life sentence as help would not be immediately available in fact may be weeks or months as i believe it takes months to just travel to mars let alone raise a rescue mission . our technology has to be tight and proven. meaning you can not have mistakes as any type of enclosure would have to be proven here on earth in the harshest environments first say Antarctica or possibly the sahara desert. if we couldn't survive and establish with out outside help communities in these harsh environments then we are wasting our time on mars. 

      but suppose we do have the technology and it is proven and all things are go, then who is our first explorers. as i have said it could possibly be a death sentence  as establishing a zero life loss protocol to the project would require relay stations orbiting the sun appropriately spaced at intervals between earth and mars to act as emergency res-ponders and weigh stations. expensive to maintain versus what we are going to get from mars. 

       first let me address the first explorers issue. i feel this enviable right should go to a young life in prison prisoner, who has either received a life sentence with no chance of parole or is on death row. in whatever nation and from whatever background as we would look for the best candidate , that would agree to join the mission . say four men and  four women equally would share the first trip to colonize mars . i will talk more about this as i have to get moving and come down to earth and realize i do have a life. tomorrow.