tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post9140228252805987558..comments2024-03-13T06:31:17.010-04:00Comments on Susan Says: How To Build a Green MarsSusan Gourley/Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-65103722457295971962019-01-16T15:04:57.942-05:002019-01-16T15:04:57.942-05:00Hi Juneta,
Thanks for your kind thoughts!
I hope...Hi Juneta,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind thoughts!<br /><br />I hope you enjoy the novel as well.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-53645718732940840522019-01-15T18:26:50.167-05:002019-01-15T18:26:50.167-05:00Wow, that was well thought out. Loved reading you...Wow, that was well thought out. Loved reading your deeper thoughts about it. Juneta keyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815758043024184034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-82386997714931607792019-01-15T12:24:37.123-05:002019-01-15T12:24:37.123-05:00Hi Patricia,
I have the same problem with my typi...Hi Patricia,<br /><br />I have the same problem with my typing. I can't always get my fingers to write the words my mind wants to say.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy my novel. I really enjoyed writing it!<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-59475296110571362722019-01-15T10:21:29.555-05:002019-01-15T10:21:29.555-05:00Sorry, typing is out of control this morning. I me...Sorry, typing is out of control this morning. I meant Odessa Moon's novel sounds like a fascinating read. :DPatricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-58022023723649550652019-01-15T10:19:42.301-05:002019-01-15T10:19:42.301-05:00No matter how much magic Handwavium an author perf...No matter how much magic Handwavium an author performs, world building is still a monumental task. I admire sci fi and fantasy writers for their creativity and persistence, but these are genres I don't try to write. Odessa Moon sounds like a fascinating read.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-78733298778347123572019-01-14T19:03:03.444-05:002019-01-14T19:03:03.444-05:00Hi Messymimi,
It's possible!
Teresa from Her...Hi Messymimi,<br /><br />It's possible!<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-72922676293020867532019-01-14T19:01:47.272-05:002019-01-14T19:01:47.272-05:00Hi Pat,
Yes, it sure does. It would be easier by ...Hi Pat,<br /><br />Yes, it sure does. It would be easier by far to terraform the Sahara desert. There's water less than a thousand miles away.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-41501316448026061292019-01-14T18:06:14.780-05:002019-01-14T18:06:14.780-05:00It's going to be my grandchildren who may go t...It's going to be my grandchildren who may go to Mars, not me, but it's amazing to think about. Maybe someday there will be technolgies that will make a good portion of what you imagine possible, only time will tell.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-78842147821398168542019-01-14T17:10:40.939-05:002019-01-14T17:10:40.939-05:00Better off with the desert by the sounds of it for...Better off with the desert by the sounds of it for real life, but fiction sure makes it possible and fun to think about.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-28865487778012532142019-01-14T14:59:27.570-05:002019-01-14T14:59:27.570-05:00Hi Christine,
Thank you. I have NOT seen the Mars...Hi Christine,<br /><br />Thank you. I have NOT seen the Mars program via National Geographic. For philosophical reasons, my household is a one-percenter. That is, we belong to the class of people in the US (about 1%) who do NOT have a television hooked up to the world. We do have a single secondhand TV that plays DVD's. I shall have to see if the library has that series.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing it out to me and thanks for commenting.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-19642099256242116602019-01-14T14:56:17.853-05:002019-01-14T14:56:17.853-05:00Hi Ann,
I love handwavium and I use it a lot. Eve...Hi Ann,<br /><br />I love handwavium and I use it a lot. Even so, there are things I just couldn't ignore and eating was at the top of the list. I tried serious food gardening and let me tell you, my family would have starved. <br /><br />Thank God for farmers is all I can say.<br /><br />You have to have plenty of compelling reasons to spend the money, energy, effort, and time on turning a world of dead sand into something people can walk around on.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-39188102073726661762019-01-14T14:52:37.833-05:002019-01-14T14:52:37.833-05:00Hi L. Diane,
Who is DLP? I'm not familiar wit...Hi L. Diane,<br /><br />Who is DLP? I'm not familiar with the initials.<br />How does this author address feeding everyone? You've got to eat at least once a day. Unless you can eat algae, food doesn't grow itself.<br />One of the bigger issues every military has is feeding all their personnel. Any supply officer or general will tell you that armies march on their stomachs.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-17574516494338853422019-01-14T14:48:07.488-05:002019-01-14T14:48:07.488-05:00Hi Natalie,
Yes, I think about Mars all the time....Hi Natalie,<br /><br />Yes, I think about Mars all the time. My characters talk to me and ask what the heck is taking me so long. It will take me years to explore my Mars.<br /><br />I hope you can come along for the ride!<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-54503878821387027192019-01-14T14:46:44.337-05:002019-01-14T14:46:44.337-05:00Hi Alex,
Yes, absolutely it would be. The death t...Hi Alex,<br /><br />Yes, absolutely it would be. The death toll would be just flabbergasting as well. Think of the early explorers; they never once had to worry about air or gravity (although water, food, and hostile natives were always an issue) and they still died like flies.<br /><br />Deep space is completely hostile to virtually every kind of life other than dormant spores. It won't be any different with us.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-837192411572807442019-01-14T14:44:08.081-05:002019-01-14T14:44:08.081-05:00Hi Yvonne,
Thank you! Mars has to be greened up s...Hi Yvonne,<br /><br />Thank you! Mars has to be greened up since humans can't live without soil.<br /><br />Enjoy your week as well.<br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-47631894787418663582019-01-14T14:42:23.216-05:002019-01-14T14:42:23.216-05:00Hi Hilary,
Here is better! Air, gravity, a magnet...Hi Hilary,<br /><br />Here is better! Air, gravity, a magnetosphere, soil; yep, I don't plan to move to Mars. It would be easier to colonize Antarctica. The weather is better.<br /><br />And yes, I do keep track of 'real' and 'Mars'. <br /><br />Teresa from Hershey<br />aka Odessa MoonTeresa from Hersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001482374989945528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-29012633589283170132019-01-14T11:22:08.102-05:002019-01-14T11:22:08.102-05:00Lots of food for thought! Have you seen that TV sh...Lots of food for thought! Have you seen that TV show Mars (National Geographic channel, I believe)? It was fantastic. They did not have Handwavium, though. :)Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-19396998048753156682019-01-14T09:31:28.879-05:002019-01-14T09:31:28.879-05:00Handwavium, what a useful action. I remember a cha...Handwavium, what a useful action. I remember a character I liked that died in a SF story. My boyfriend at the time said, "Don't worry, it's SF. They could bring him back from the dead later in the story." lol<br /><br />You did your homework on what would be needed to colonize Mars, especially the part about motivation. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-17970534188434329712019-01-14T09:27:20.627-05:002019-01-14T09:27:20.627-05:00DLP is publishing a book set on Mars, but the colo...DLP is publishing a book set on Mars, but the colonists didn't do a lot of terraforming to actual Mars soil.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-11369585805078762112019-01-14T08:57:43.926-05:002019-01-14T08:57:43.926-05:00Sounds like you gave your world building a lot of ...Sounds like you gave your world building a lot of thought. Sounds like a fascinating world.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-22237650721132201792019-01-14T07:27:29.870-05:002019-01-14T07:27:29.870-05:00When you break it all down, it would be an underta...When you break it all down, it would be an undertaking larger than man has ever attempted.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-6700006597012537732019-01-14T06:23:41.610-05:002019-01-14T06:23:41.610-05:00I knew that Mars is known as The Red Planet but yo...I knew that Mars is known as The Red Planet but your story of a Green Mars sounds great to read.<br /><br />Enjoy this new week.<br />Yvonne.nashvillecats2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02326956741209246895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-51249926549920259772019-01-14T06:18:43.358-05:002019-01-14T06:18:43.358-05:00Hi Susan - well you've certainly given lots of...Hi Susan - well you've certainly given lots of thought to a green Mars ... amazingly interesting; my question would be do you remember what is real and what belongs to Mars?! Would I go to Mars - no thank you ... I'll stick around here - there's enough to do and plenty of food for thought and to eat - well for now anyway. <br /><br />Fascinating post ... keep me here please! Good luck with the book - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com