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1.	Definition
Terraforming is made from 2 words terra and forming. Terra comes from a Latin noun meaning earth or land. Forming comes from an English verb meaning to make, construct, produce or organize. Combined, terraforming means to construct land.

In our world on Earth, terraforming is practiced in land piling, water reservoirs, greenhouses, landscape engineering and farming. Land is designed and constructed to achieve these activities.

In the eyes of the universe, terraforming is a planetary engineering process to support life. Whole planets will be adapted to facilitate living beings’ basic needs and inexhaustible wants. The extensive process involves the final frontier of space engineering and technology; an underdeveloped field today.

2.	Why ?
In the future, Earth will no longer has the capability to support all the living things upon it. The reasons are higher birth rate, lower death rate and resources depletion. In 2013, Earth population is estimated at 7 billions. Earth’s average carrying capacity is estimated at 10 billions.

By 2050, the population on Earth is forecasted to exceed the carrying capacity. This is the forecast for only human beings. The rest of the living things have not been considered yet. Once we reach this era, all living things will be fighting among themselves for survival resources. We will reach the similar era at the end of the dinosaur age which will cause extinctions of many species. Future World Wars will destroy Earth in survival of the fittest.

One of the proposed mitigation would be Terraforming Mars to cater for living things from Earth. Migrating some living things from Earth to Mars not only make a new home for them, but also is the key opening the door to other planets’ terraforming. In our solar system, there are 8 planets barren that we can terraform to support life.

3.	Who ?
On the mega-scale, all nations are called to this noble project of Terraforming Mars. In micro-scale, all peoples on Earth are responsible to perform their own tasks to make this happen for Mars. Their contribution ratios will be used to calculate the ratio of Mars resources allocated to them.

A new international organization should be formed for terraforming planets; starting with Mars. All nations are free to contribute towards this organization. They can contribute money, labor, resource, research, technology and space machines. In return, the nations will be able to form new nations on the new planets after being terraformed.

4.    When ?
Owing to the earth's uncertain future and impending doom, terraforming needs to start NOW. Instead of spending time fighting each other, all nations are to work together to save themselves from the destruction of life. During the process of terraforming, new technologies will be developed in landscaping, aqua designs and air compositions to facilitate the design of a new planet. This is the era of peace, when all peoples, robots and beasts work together towards a new home in space. Space is the final frontier that we all will surpass together. But the hard work needs to start now for collisions could happen at any time to our only home, Earth.

5.    Where ?
Mars is the nearest and most suited to life yet in our solar system. Eventually, the entire solar system would be done terraformed.

6.    How ?
(a)      Build space stations between Earth and Mars.

(b)      Manufacture soil, water and gases to layer the planet and form the outer crust, oceans, rivers and atmosphere. The gravity and the ozone layer should be strong enough to keep all the                 layers intact. If there is not enough to go around, mine heavenly objects such as asteroids and comets to gain the materials needed.

(c)      Using electromagnetic right hand and left hand rules, with the planet as a magnet and electric fields surrounding the planet, regulate planet rotation for desired warmth and coolness

(d)      Install radars, satellites and gauges to monitor any undesired or desired effects.

(e)      All nations are invited to carry out their plans to build greenhouses, animal farms and houses with facilities or companies upon their divided lands.

(f)       Transport and grow living things such as plants, animals and human beings upon the newly built home planet Mars.

(g)      Mars becomes a living planet.

7.     What ?
What will life be like on Mars in comparison to Earth ?

(a)       Lighter weight.

(b)       Colder average temperature.

(c)       Lower water and air pressures.

(d)       Dryer air.

(e)       Less radiation and darker sunlight.

(f)        Ocean tides from Mars' 2 moons Phobos and Deimos.

(g)       Under close monitoring for any dangers from imbalanced systems.

8.    Conclusion
Mars will need to become our second home because Earth is ever at risk of collisions or being engulfed by the sun.

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