BRC is the foundation of human civilization on Mars

phil · Post by **phil** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:34 pm

http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities- ... n-settlers

I don't know what io9.com is, but they say BRC provides a blueprint for life on Mars. along with some other locations like Antarctica, Dubai, etc.

They've photoshopped an aerial view of BRC into a photo of a Martian crater. We'll have a leave no trace event on Mars, I guess. I'd post the photo, but it's too large for this BB.

Maybe we can hire ourselves out to NASA as consultants on tips and tricks for camping on Mars?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:52 pm

Bring your own oxygen if you want to burn something.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:39 pm

Image spiffing by Stephanie Fox.

What is "spiffing"?

Kim Stanley Robinson's books on Mars and book on Antarctica are well worth reading.

phil · Post by **phil** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:03 pm

She made the image look spiffier than it really was - she put a photo of BRC into a crater on Mars, for example.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:21 pm

So it's just a new name for "photoshopped 2 or more things together"?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:01 pm

If you were hip, you'd say "'shopped".

klondike_bar · Post by **klondike_bar** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:36 pm

wow, spiffing is really a stretch of the phrase...

i can just picture it: the anniversary of the establishment of the mars colony will be celebrated yearly with fireworks, dollar-store blinkies, and a liquid-oxygen-fed effigy fire.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:04 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:If you were hip, you'd say "'shopped".

It's only hip if you shorten it to a non-verbal expression and no one knows what the fuck you're talking about.

So I guess spiffing qualifies.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:38 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:If you were hip, you'd say "'shopped".

So "photo-chopped" is right out?

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:44 pm

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:38 pm

You know you had a great Burning Man when you leave a crater visible from space.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:44 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
Image spiffing by Stephanie Fox.
What is "spiffing"?

Kim Stanley Robinson's books on Mars and book on Antarctica are well worth reading.

Trying to spit after a molar extraction?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:30 pm

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:37 pm

Damn, I can barely afford the gas to get to Gerlach. I don't know that I can afford the oxygen too. What will this do to ticket prices?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:35 pm

Richard Branson is building a green bus as we speak......

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:19 am

Oh Smashy...your so darn Spiffy!

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:38 am

I haz mad skillz yo.

Parasitoid · Post by **Parasitoid** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:43 am

There is also I tri-yearly BMan festival on Jupiter's moon Europa. Thats where I got married.... for the third time.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:06 am

Do tell.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:19 am

http://trendsupdates.com/wp-content/upl ... er-600.jpg

Got my MV!

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:21 am

http://trendsupdates.com/wp-content/upl ... er-600.jpg

Got my MV!

carmatic · Post by **carmatic** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:06 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:You know you had a great Burning Man when you leave a crater visible from space.

but that wouldnt go well with the idea of 'leave no traces behind' now, would it?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:49 am

carmatic wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:You know you had a great Burning Man when you leave a crater visible from space.
but that wouldnt go well with the idea of 'leave no traces behind' now, would it?

that's not a trace, it's a freegin monument......

carmatic · Post by **carmatic** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:09 am

i think that all big events have something in common... it all becomes a numbers game when things get complicated enough, wether its a mars colony or a festival ... perhaps the semicircular arrangement can have an actual physical justification, such as alignment to a solar collector or a radio dish?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:47 pm

Maybe we can hire ourselves out to NASA as consultants on tips and tricks for camping on Mars?

who says we haven't already...

Here and there · Post by **Here and there** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:13 pm

phil wrote:http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities- ... n-settlers

I don't know what io9.com is,

I think that it's a science fiction site of some kind. I've skimmed it, before.

phil wrote:but they say BRC provides a blueprint for life on Mars. along with some other locations like Antarctica, Dubai, etc.

I noticed that the authors seemed fairly set on having their hypothetical Martian cities aboveground. Some might question the wisdom of this choice. Signs of a cave system on Mars have been found, those caves being suggested as a possible place to locate a shelter.

At least two virtues to this:

1. Protection from the much higher level of background radiation found on Mars, and the genetic damage it causes.

2. Protection from the weather. While Mars' atmosphere is thin, its winds are very fast, so even in that semi-vacuum, the elements can still do damage. When one is tens of millions of miles from the nearest factory, there's something to be said for cutting down on the wear and tear on one's house.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:46 am

if dan quayle says we're going to mars, then we're going to mars, goddammit.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:38 pm

that's M-A-R-S-E.........where's your spellcheck mister.........

now, drop and give me 20..........

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