Musk floated the idea of terraforming the red planet to make it more habitable.

Musk提出了对这颗红色星球进行地球化改造以使其更适合居住的想法。

Historically, the idea of terraforming has been met with skepticism by members of the scientific community.

历史上，地球化的想法一直受到科学界成员的怀疑。

However, the biggest problem with terraforming the Sahara would be the environmental domino effect it would create.

但是改造撒哈拉最大的问题将是改造产生的环境多米诺效应。

But even if we could afford it, terraforming the Sahara Desert would come with its fair share of issues.

但是即使我们能负担得起，改造撒哈拉沙漠会带来公平分担的问题。

It may be a practice run before terraforming a larger, more sustainable ecosystem.

这可能是在地球化更大、更可持续的生态系统之前进行的一次实践。

Cities illuminating the dark Martian night, a hub for travel between the planets, industries setting foot in orbit terraforming a true multi-planetary future.

城市会照亮黑暗的火星之夜，支持行星之间旅行的枢纽，工业开始运转，塑造出一个真正的多行星未来。

What makes the Moon an ideal candidate for humanity's first adventure in terraforming?

是什么让月球成为人类第一次地球化改造冒险的理想候选者？

Maybe we'd be better off terraforming another planet to use as our new home.

也许我们最好改造另一个星球作为我们的新家。

Should we be terraforming other planets?

我们应该改造其他行星吗？

This would be...this wouldn't be terraforming, altering the environment of this other planet, so that whatever we ship there makes it.

我们要做的并不是地球化，改变其他星球原本的环境，然后我们运送的任何东西都能生存。

The plan which scientists are now developing involves a process known as " terraforming " Mars, i.

4.科学家们现在正在制定的计划涉及一个被称为“地球化”火星的过程，即。

And since there isn't another Earth out there, is it possible we could make one through terraforming?

既然那里不存在另一个地球，我们是否有可能通过地球化改造来制造一个地球？

There's an old concept in science fiction called terraforming: going to uninhabitable alien planet and engineering it to be more Earthlike.

在科幻小说中有一个老梗，即“地球化”：去一个不适合居住的外星星球，把它改造得更像地球。

Having something like that at our disposal could help us with a variety of space missions, including terraforming.

拥有类似的东西可以帮助我们完成各种太空任务，包括地球改造。

From here, the atmosphere will warm the planet and the rest of the terraforming job will be a relative cakewalk.

从这里开始，大气层将使地球变暖，剩下的地球化工作将变得相对容易。

This this wouldn't be terraforming, altering the environment of this other planet, so that whatever we ship there makes it.

这不会是地球化改造，不会改变另一个星球的环境，所以我们运送到那里的任何东西都会成功。

And one of the most fundamental of all: where would we get enough energy to power that civilization — its industry, its terraforming operations, and its starships?

我们将从哪里获得足够的能源来驱动这个文明——它的工业、外星环境改造以及及宇宙飞船？

In the 1940s, author Jack Williamson coined the term, " terraforming." To terraform is to create an ecosystem that supports living organisms—from large, complicated vertebrates, to simple, unicellular bacteria.

在 1940 年代，作家杰克·威廉姆森 (Jack Williamson) 创造了“地形改造”一词。地形改造就是创造一个支持生物体的生态系统——从大型、复杂的脊椎动物到简单的单细胞细菌。

While Mars doesn't have the right conditions to call it home just yet, there's always the concept of terraforming – changing the environment of a planet to suit our needs.

虽然火星还没有合适的条件称它为家，但地球化改造的概念一直存在——改变行星的环境以满足我们的需要。

For decades, scientists and science-fiction authors have toyed with the idea of restoring Mars to that warmer state by " terraforming" it—changing the planet's climate to make it friendly to Earthlings.

几十年来，科学家和科幻小说作家一直在考虑通过“改造”火星，使其恢复到较温暖的状态，即改变火星的气候，使其适合地球人居住。