Bioengineered Bacteria Is Another Option

DARPA, the company most known for creating America's most lethal and occasionally odd weapons, isn't simply interested in guns and armored vehicles. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is also experimenting with bioengineering and synthetic life. They also believe there is a chance to create microbes that have been bioengineered and could terraform Mars into a planet similar to Earth.

DARPA wants to pick and select the genetic features from any life on Earth that they believe are best suited to their aim using technology that seems like it belongs in a horror film. In order to breathe life into a barren landscape, they combine those genes to create microbes that can be released onto the Martian surface. The same technology might be applied to Earth to reverse pollution-related environmental harm and even reclaim deserts.