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What If You Could Ski On Mars?

What If | January 13, 2026



Did you know that Mars has polar ice caps just like we do here on Earth? With the right technology, they might be our water source should we ever move to the red planet. But in their current state, these caps could be a source for extreme interplanetary sport. Want to ski on snow unlike anything else in the Universe?

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  2. @Viprz

    January 13, 2026 at 1:19 pm

    I think all the talk of colonizing Mars is a little overrated. I can understand some people wanting to go there for the exploration and the science but being couped up in an artificial environment with a rocky dusty hellscape background would probably get tired pretty quick for the average person. The dream would be to figure out how to terraform Mars but with no magnetic field, it doesn't sound like a good time in the long term. There there are theories on creating an artificial magnetic field, not sure how realistic that is but I would be interested in that mission. I would have to have first claim on Olympus Mons lol.

  14. @JasonSpitzMI50

    January 13, 2026 at 1:19 pm

    Dream on, What ever entity that got people on this human ant farm will never let man leave this place they call home. Man design these imaginary excursions in building hope you will one day venture to a distant planet or something. All these Alien sighting are not people's imagination, We're not here to enslave you or to mean you harm. We're just here to make sure man doesn't leave this domed plateau.

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