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I think the general idea to terraform in a reasonable time is to nuke the poles to release CO2.
by Geee 10y ago
I think the general idea to terraform in a reasonable time is to nuke the poles to release CO2.
- sitkack 10y agoEven if one did this, any atmosphere on Mars would be temporary as the solar wind would eventually strip it away. The magnetic field is required for long term viability.
- cgriswald 10y agoYou're not wrong, but that's kind of a non-issue. It takes on the order of hundreds of millions of years to lose that much atmosphere.
- jaimex2 10y agoPorque no los dos?
- sitkack 10y agoSo you are saying we could crash some comets, boil the CO2/ice caps and solve the magnetosphere issue later?
- LeanderK 10y agowell, this is a serious proposal to solve the magnetosphere-problem! We could build this AND nuke the plant. Or we could at least use this as an indicator that the problem is solvable over a few centuries and start nuking. Better sooner than later!