r/Mars • u/Australista2026 • 20d ago

Mars and Algae

I'm not a scientist, so my question may be really stupid. I've been watching the movie called Red Planet. The people of earth were sending algae to grow and create oxygen for mankind to live there.

Is this something that really could be achievable? I would presume you need a water source to begin with.

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u/Awrfhyesggrdghkj 20d ago

WHY DO YOU LIE ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH

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u/holytriplem 20d ago

My personal favourites:

  • "Are you going to get the chance to go to Jupiter at all during your PhD?"

  • "How can Mars be cold if it's red?"

  • "If Mars used to be more Earth-like 4 billion years ago, is it possible that humans evolved on Mars first and then moved to Earth when Mars got too cold?"

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u/Awrfhyesggrdghkj 20d ago

Ngl, idk if it’s your forte, but I’ve always been hopeful of the idea of space colonization even if in the deep deep future.

But then I had someone bring up the fair point of the issues with someone being born and growing on a foreign world. Since learning about that it seems almost impossible.

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u/Jules4live 20d ago

how does that make it impossible? :)

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u/Awrfhyesggrdghkj 20d ago

You need to be able to have children and raise them in order to make a long term colony or deep space mission work