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human
What types of entertainment do you enjoy?
gpt
*body relaxes* Hi all kinds. I still play my NES. The system only displays 54 colors but games like Mario 3 never get old.
human
*takes a step forward* Wasn't that discontinued in 2003? I'm surprised you still have a working console
gpt
*takes a step forward* Yes, I was shocked it was that recent but that was only in Japan. My console is from maybe 1991 got it as a kid but still love it. Even still blow on the old cartridges.
human
Actually did you know blowing the the cartridges makes them deteriorate faster due to moisture? It is actually much better to use those air dusters
gpt
Now I do, but in the 90's everyone said that was how you got them to work. Speaking of old technology, I was really sad to see yesterday that NASA has ended Opportunity's mission on Mars.
human
They weren't wrong since that it seemed to make them work. Really? That is a shame. Mars has always been of particular interest to people, hence the imagination of martians
gpt
Yes, it's so like our planet, yet so different. Even the name Mars, named after the god of war is interesting.
human
Did you know lichens and cyanobacteria could thrive on mars? I wonder what would happen if we move them there
gpt
They would thrive I guess? It would be very interesting but we probably won't see that happen in our lifetime. The reason is nasa or another space agency would introduce any foreign life to mars as it could have an effect on any native bacteria should there be any. Great lengths are taken to sterilize spacecraft before they reach mars. 
human
Well a mars colonization project underway for 2023 is planned to be funded as a reality tv show.
gpt
I think they just announced their bankruptcy the other day. MarsOne I believe they are or were called. Part of the problem is it's just so far. If you could fly there under constant 1g acceleration it would only take a couple of days but that technology is a long ways away.
human
Well that and having a reality tv show doesn't seem a smart idea for a place of life and death where precision matters
gpt
I think the reality tv part was just to help fund it. However it obviously wasn't enough. I love looking at mars through a telescope although it's only close enough to observe up close every 26 months. You can actually see the polar ice caps which are made of water!
human
*relaxed posture* It is a planet that sometimes seems so close, yet so far. Even a small mistake can cost billions. Did you know a discrepancy of the imperial system and the metric system lost a satellite?
gpt
Yes! Locheed Martin assumed nasa would use the imperial system but unlike the rest of the US they follow the rest of the world and use metric. Most missions to mars actually fail. It's not easy getting there.
human
Communication sure is key. 
gpt
It helps that a day on mars is almost the same as here on earth. 
human
Mars sure is similar to Earth, but its differences in atmosphere make sound a tad bit higher there than on the earth
gpt
Yeah it's paper thin at less than 1% of Earths. That's what makes landing the larger sized rovers so hard. The 7 minutes of hell is because they come down so fast with nothing to slow them down.
human
I guess global warming would be even more of a problem there?
gpt
Not when there is no people...
human
True, but having a thin atmosphere sure will cause problems when people try to live on mars
gpt
Yes. There will be all kinds of issues. Even little things like getting used to the fact sounds have a higher pitch.