This could be in the form of a machine that could terraform our entire planet.

或许是以机器的形式来改造整个地球，以适宜他们居住。

Scientists and astronomers have been theorizing how to terraform Venus for over half a century.

半个多世纪以来， 科学家和天文学家一直在研究如何改造金星。

We could also terraform parts of Mercury.

我们还可以改造水星的部分区域。

Or, we could terraform some rocky exoplanets.

或者， 我们可以改造一些岩石系外行星。

We could maybe terraform Europa … well, sort of.

我们也许可以改造欧罗巴......嗯, 有点像。

And also, how are we going to terraform it?

而且，我们要如何改造它？

If we could terraform another planet, where would we start?

如果我们可以改造另一个星球，我们会从哪里开始？

All we'd need to do is to terraform it.

我们需要做的就是改造它。

If and when we terraform another cosmic body, we may begin close to home.

如果并且当我们改造另一个宇宙体时，我们可能会在离家很近的地方开始。

These would work as a safe living space, as we learn and attempt to terraform the environment.

当我们学习并尝试改造环境时， 这些将作为一个安全的生活空间。

Also, this is the estimated amount of time that it would take to fully terraform Mars into a habitable planet similar to the Earth.

此外，这是将火星完全地化成类似地球的宜居星球所需要的估计时间。

Plans are being made to terraform the entire Sahara desert; changing it from a dry, barren landscape to a lush green space.

为了改造整个撒哈拉沙漠，我们制定了一些计划，将这一片干燥贫瘠的土地改造成葱郁茂盛的绿地。

If we could successfully terraform the Sahara, it would result in millions of hectares of trees being added to the battle against climate change.

如果我们可以成功的改造撒哈拉，这里就可以种植百万公顷的树木，是应对气候变化的战争是一大助力。

People living in these floating cities could also eventually begin to terraform and colonize the surface of Venus with the right technology, but that'd take a while.

生活在这些漂浮城市中的人们最终也可以使用合适的技术开始在金星表面进行地球化改造和殖民，但这需要一段时间。

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。

Leading astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has said the concept of altering habitability of another planet because of the damage we have done to Earth makes no sense when we can simply terraform Earth.

著名天体物理学家尼尔·德葛拉斯·泰森曾表示，当我们可以简单地改造地球时，由于我们对地球的破坏而改变另一颗行星的宜居性的概念是毫无意义的。

So, it's hardly surprising that we're already making preparations to set foot on Mars, and to create the first permanent colony outside of Earth -- maybe even terraform another planet and turn it into a second blue home.

所以，我们正在为登陆火星及创建第一个永久性的地外移民地做准备，这并不奇怪，我们甚至可能改造另一个星球 把它变成第二个蓝色的家。

He said that if you want to make Mars livable really quickly, We just need to drop some nuclear bombs on the poles The idea is that the bombs would be a quick way to terraform Mars.

他说，如果你想让火星很快变得宜居，我们只需要在两极投下一些核弹。 这个想法是， 这些炸弹将是一种快速改造火星的方法。

" We must use man as a constructive ecological force—inserting adapted terraform life: a plant here, an animal there, a man in that place—to transform the water cycle, to build a new kind of landscape." " Shut up! " Kynes croaked.

“我们必须将人作为一种建设性的生态力量——在地球上植入适应性强的生命：这里种植物，那里动物，那个地方人——来改变水循环， 建立一种新的景观。 ”“闭嘴！ ” 凯恩斯嘶哑着声音。