Aphelion

"At the Astrobiology Science Conference earlier this year, scientists and science fiction writers -- from NASA researcher Chris McKay to author Kim Stanley Robinson -- faced off on the promises and pitfalls of terraforming Mars. Their debate is recreated in these seven pages. The Mars Terraforming Debate was co-sponsored by NASA's Astrobiology Magazine, the SciFi Museum (Seattle), and Breakpoint Media. It is reproduced here in cooperation with Astrobiology Magazine."<br><br>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/t ... 727-1.html

Wow, Robert. You're not dead.<br><br>After a whole week where you didn't post a message, I was afraid you were deceased or trapped under something heavy, and unable to reach your keyboard.... :)<br><br>(I'm just kidding. Robert is writing up a storm right now, and can't come to the phone, so if you want to poke fun at him now, he'll get back at us later... 8))<br><br>Nate

Wow, Robert. You're not dead.

After a whole week where you didn't post a message, I was afraid you were deceased or trapped under something heavy, and unable to reach your keyboard.... :)

(I'm just kidding. Robert is writing up a storm right now, and can't come to the phone, so if you want to poke fun at him now, he'll get back at us later... 8))

Nate

<br>Actually, I started this thread back in JULY. The most recent thing I commented on was (I think) Bill Wolfe's Mare Inebrium story -- it's been a busy week. I have added a few thousand words to my current project, but only a select few are allowed to know what it is (bwahahahaha).<br><br>I guess Nate was so thrilled to see a thread containing a comment with my byline that he didn't notice the date on the first message. Took Dan quite a while to notice that the thread existed and follow up on it, too. (Hmm. It appears that 'later' has arrived. IT'S PAYBACK TIME.)<br><br>Robert M.

He asked some damn good questions- made me think so hard I started to sweat.

<br>Are sure it was the question that made you sweat? It couldn't possibly be all the beer you drink while chatting, would it? :)<br><br>Nate