|It is hard to believe that just a few centuries ago Mars was a
lifeless place. Around the turn of the millennium, a time when
space programs were stagnating due to a lack of vision by those
in power, no human had even set foot on the then Red Planet.
Dust storms were torturing the arid landscape, it's stark beauty
unseen by human eyes. Only a few people were aware of the
immense promise of terraforming Mars. With environmental
problems on the home world running out of control, even the
thought of modifying another planet was like blasphemy to many
other earthlings' ears. Still, it happened. Just over two
hundred years later, rivers are running once more through
ancient valleys, ocean waters are washing a long and capricious
shoreline, forests are working their way up on magnificent
slopes.This Modified Mars is a home to millions of people and
the Solar System's favorite tourist destination.