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Could Mars ever be terraformed to the point a human, or human derivative, could operate comfortably in the open atmosphere? It seems pretty cold, air pressure
by amorphid 10y ago
Could Mars ever be terraformed to the point a human, or human derivative, could operate comfortably in the open atmosphere? It seems pretty cold, air pressure is low, and there's little-to-no protection from solar radiation.
- kogepathic 10y agoLikely no. Because Mars lacks a magnetic field to protect fragile meatbags from cosmic radiation. [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars
- Justanothernick 10y agoYes this is true, but there are pockets of very strong magnetic fields which could presumably "help" protect small stations and camps of us squishy little carbon bags of water. http://mgs-mager.gsfc.nasa.gov/images.html http://mgs-mager.gsfc.nasa.gov/images.html
- cardine 10y agoWe'd likely be able to colonize the atmosphere of Venus before we'd be able to terraform Mars.
- Damian_Reloaded 10y agoGiving Mars an atmosphere is pretty much out of the question. Even digging a 20km deep hole in Hellas Planitia to achieve a pressure above the Armstrong limit is more plausible.
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