When a Planetary Engineer begins to lecture on terraforming, I search the blog for a key phrase, "special bacteria strains," and find a relevant earlier post.
For colonization of Ganymede in Heinlein's Juvenile Future History and also in an independent novel by Anderson, see:
Echoes Of Heinlein
Ganymede And Jupiter
The rings of Saturn are mined for water for a colony on Mars in Anderson's Psychotechnic History and also in Asimov's "The Martian Way."
In Niven's Known Space future history, human beings colonize not the Solar planets, apart from Luna, but the Asteroid Belt. However, a human protector diverts a water asteroid onto Mars not for the benefit of human beings but in order to exterminate the Martians. Becoming extinct on their home planet, Martians survive on the Ringworld.
Comparing future histories, e.g., here, is a fascinating subsidiary discipline within sf scholarship.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I'm almost sure I read somewhere of actual suggestions that one way of terraforming Mars would be to divert an icy asteroid to Mars, to increase the water there. Not sure how it was supposed to be "landed" on Mars, tho.
Sean
Sean,
Just let it fall, I think.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Yes, that has to be what was proposed with such an icy asteroid. After all, Mars is uninhabited, so nobody will be harmed!
Sean
"Activate the Heat Rays, fellows, those dratted Earthers are bombarding us!"
Kaor, DAVID!
Ha, ha!!! Very amusing!
Sean
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