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Here's a discussion about the terraformation of Mars. Something important to know is that Terra means Earth and Terran means from Earth.

Wikipedia ([url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraformation]) explains Terraformation:

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-forming&quot of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by terran organisms. The term is sometimes used more generally as a synonym for planetary engineering, although some consider this more general usage an error. The concept of terraforming developed from both science fiction and actual science. The term was coined by Jack Williamson in a science-fiction story ("Collision Orbit&quot published during 1942 in Astounding Science Fiction,[1] but the concept may pre-date this work.

Now on to the juicy stuff
Here's the Stages of Mars's Terraformation (artists conception)



Venus



And the moon (Luna)



Please Share your scientific, political, and religious ideas of how Martian terraformation would go down.

Also, Some VERY good books were written on the topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy