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− | Honestly, if we find absolute proof that there is no life on Mars, can we make life on Mars? I propose crashing a probe full of extremophile bacteria into polar water ice regions, then burying the probe and opening it underground. Wait for a few years, then check the site. If you have thriving bacteria there then BAM life on Mars.
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− | Of course, we could get in trouble with the Planetary Protection Officer... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.128|162.158.155.128]] 17:53, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
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| As it is we are quickly terraforming it to Venus... | | As it is we are quickly terraforming it to Venus... |
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| Surely the term should be Martiforming or Areforming? ([[User:richardelguru]]) | | Surely the term should be Martiforming or Areforming? ([[User:richardelguru]]) |
| :Earth / Earthling / Terra / Terran / Terraforming ... Mars / Martian / Marsiforming perhaps? Stop Earthiforming all those lovely desolate space rocks! I'm trying to build a new species that thrives off of harsh interstellar environments and you're destroying its ecosystem! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.161|108.162.238.161]] 17:56, 7 January 2019 (UTC) | | :Earth / Earthling / Terra / Terran / Terraforming ... Mars / Martian / Marsiforming perhaps? Stop Earthiforming all those lovely desolate space rocks! I'm trying to build a new species that thrives off of harsh interstellar environments and you're destroying its ecosystem! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.161|108.162.238.161]] 17:56, 7 January 2019 (UTC) |
− | :Martiforming or aremorphosis if you don't want to mix up your Greek and Latin morphemes. Similarly, mercuriforming/hermemorphosis for Mercury, veneriforming/aphroditimorphosis for Venus, gaiamorphosis for Earth (which sounds way more better than terraforming), joviforming/zeumorphosis for Jupiter, saturniforming/cronomorphosis for Saturn, uraniforming/ouranomorphosis for Uranus, neptuniforming/poseidonomorphosis for Neptune, and plutoniforming/hademorphosis for Pluto, because I'm nostalgic for 2006 when it was a planet.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.40|162.158.126.40]] 17:39, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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− | ::A popular version out there, but not seemingly mentioned anywhere on this page (main or Talk) is "Areoforming". Noting the objections given above to mixed-origin morphemes, of course.
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− | ::Its use in Kim Stanley Robinson's (R/G/B) Mars Trilogy is, in universe, more applied to changing ''people'' (and their ideas, lifestyles, etc) to a more Martian state of being. But it has been largely been adopted in 'mainstream' considerations (fictional/fantacist/speculation-only, or so this naturalised Earthling hopes) for the "Marsiforming" of the comic.
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− | ::I cannot recall if HG Wells had a term in mind for his tripod-piloting invaders spreading the Red Weed, etc, but obviously they were more interested in regaining a 'living planet' than their dying one, so (however inevitable a similar distant-future decline might be, even/especially if they do everything they could to make Earth their new home) the 'areo-'/'marsi-' conversion would be to something not actually like the desert-Mars.
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− | ::And, for Venus... A choice. "Venera-", from Latin. From Greek "Phosphor(i?)-"/”Hesper(a?)-" (morning star/evening star, when considered different... "Hesperus" is a notable SF staple; and obviously the other associated with the chemical element, plus Lucifer "the light bringer" in that realm of mythology/symbology), although the equivalent goddess is Aphrodite, and because of unfortunate connotations with Veneral and Aphrodisiac (also rooted in the respective names of the love-goddess) a common fall-back for Venerean/Aphrodesian (and "Venusian", which is like saying "Earthian") is "Cytherean", after the island which legend says witnessed the 'birth' of Aphrodite/etc. ...so many options, with their own quirks to them. Before even going into other cultural equivalents (Freyja, alongside Týr, for example) beyond the usual classical rootings. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.48|172.70.91.48]] 14:22, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
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| What's the deal with the orbiting mirrors? I'm not sure exactly what that would do. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 18:01, 7 January 2019 (UTC) | | What's the deal with the orbiting mirrors? I'm not sure exactly what that would do. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 18:01, 7 January 2019 (UTC) |
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| The exact word for the "additonal i" in "marsiforming" is ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epenthetic epenthetic]''. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.218|162.158.155.218]] 01:55, 9 January 2019 (UTC) | | The exact word for the "additonal i" in "marsiforming" is ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epenthetic epenthetic]''. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.218|162.158.155.218]] 01:55, 9 January 2019 (UTC) |
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− | It's a shame this strip wasn't accompanied with a "What If" entry about what it would actually take to make Earth resemble Mars. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.11|141.101.104.11]] 15:56, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
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− | What if the Cueball shown here is a Martian?[[Special:Contributions/172.68.50.133|172.68.50.133]]
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