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mars has an atmosphere even now. the processes stripping it off work on geological (or longer) timescales. if you can import (or free) enough water to make a di
by sigstoat 9y ago
mars has an atmosphere even now. the processes stripping it off work on geological (or longer) timescales. if you can import (or free) enough water to make a difference in the first place, then keeping up with the losses should be pretty easy.
- Symmetry 9y agoAlso, giving Mars an artificial magnetic field to stop the stripping isn't easy but it's a lot easier than importing that much water.
- senectus1 9y agothrow a bunch of big wet heavy ice rocks on the surface (before we decide to set up base there) and you'll have a good kick start to an atmosphere. Also, sounds fun...