Dunno. The gravity well is pretty big.

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Post #273,150 by Another Scott 11/13/06 11:39:57 AM Reply	Dunno. The gravity well is pretty big. Presumably if someone has the technology to come here, and they want resources, then it might be advantageous to go to Mars (lots of land and even water in polar ice). It's much easier to come and go there than here on Earth. Plus, there are fewer microbes and stuff that might be hazardous to their biology, as H.G. Wells's creations discovered. And even oxygen is pretty [link\|http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-04/nsf-oha042004.php\|hazardous to living things that haven't found ways to adjust to its presence]. Just some idle musings... Cheers, Scott.
Post #273,157 by inthane-chan 11/13/06 12:25:44 PM Reply	Blow up the planet. Raw resources for constructing more berserkers. Eliminates a possible competitor for resources. Odoru aho ni miru aho! Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
Post #273,158 by Yendor 11/13/06 12:29:26 PM Reply	If that's the case... ...then we'll just have to make sure that Ender is prepared. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #273,172 by pwhysall 11/13/06 3:02:58 PM Reply	Here is better, though. Because we have a magnetic field, all that pesky annoying radiation that, on Mars, you'd have to shield for is taken care of. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator]

Alien Attack? - (andread) - (16) - Nov. 10, 2006, 11:38:57 AM EST

Odds are... - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Nov. 10, 2006, 06:07:39 PM EST

What would we have that they would want? - (Another Scott) - (11) - Nov. 10, 2006, 06:24:21 PM EST

Entertainment? Kinda like a trip to the zoo :-) -NT - (imqwerky) - (2) - Nov. 10, 2006, 06:27:50 PM EST

Yeahbut... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 10, 2006, 06:31:58 PM EST

There's nothing like a Grand Day Out, though :-) - (imqwerky) - Nov. 10, 2006, 06:34:24 PM EST

hunting and sexual pleasure from the literature -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 10, 2006, 06:32:36 PM EST

On that scale probably only one - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Nov. 10, 2006, 09:20:21 PM EST

Must..Have..Beanie..Babies!! -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 10, 2006, 09:34:25 PM EST

Land. - (admin) - (4) - Nov. 13, 2006, 11:31:59 AM EST

Dunno. The gravity well is pretty big. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Nov. 13, 2006, 11:39:57 AM EST

Blow up the planet. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Nov. 13, 2006, 12:25:44 PM EST

If that's the case... - (Yendor) - Nov. 13, 2006, 12:29:26 PM EST

Here is better, though. - (pwhysall) - Nov. 13, 2006, 03:02:58 PM EST

To me, it's likely there are others. - (Silverlock) - (1) - Nov. 10, 2006, 11:25:24 PM EST

The thing about aliens - (andread) - Nov. 11, 2006, 10:26:31 PM EST

Neutron generator in the pads of a 'LEM' ?? - (Ashton) - Nov. 10, 2006, 07:07:50 PM EST

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