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Originally Posted by modest
I think bacteria would be better atmosphere transformers than instigators. And, I'm not sure I think they could do well on mars in anything like its current conditions. Antarctica - or the south pole I should say - doesn't really have any liquid water. It is a cold desert for all intents and purposes. Mars is much more so. We could expect bacteria to do worse on mars than the south pole.
Perhaps we could engineer little warm-blooded bacteria that could survive in a vacuum and eat minerals and release oxygen. Not too far fetched - not really. That might be the quickest way to get things done. So, yes, I think you could be right. But, our bacteria is going to need some major upgrading.
-modest
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The south pole is on earth, its part of our bioshpere and is nothing like mars.
There is liquid water in the south pole.
Even if you could you start out with some freaky genetically engineered little warm-blooded, mineral eating, oxgen releasing bacteria, which you cannot, giving the fact that the surface is constantly bombarded with radiation and cosmic rays it would more than likly die, or worse yet become a deadly pathogen rather than a teraforming agent.
