@Setanta,
it is, of course, a case of putting the cart and the horse to work being considered each of them as important as the other to have the convenient way of trasportation needed....it´s what have remained in my culture of the ancient cult of celtiberos who saw the earth as the mother of live.... yes, i was giving a spiritual version of the evolution theory, as opposition to the analitical view of the scientist radical followers and the fanatic religious zombiest
that said, life as we know it exists because of all of the factors you have listed.... we wouldn´t survive in mars purely cause all the factors we have adapted to, would be different and that´s all.
about cinderella zone, i know nothing about it but being born in a sea cost city i can tell how important sea movement and changes are and those are known to be influenced by our moon gravity forces and rotation cycles... so .... i wouldn´t be that ashamed