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The article doesn't seem to address the problem of how you stop your new atmosphere from also dissipating into space. Surely that's a slightly more important pr
by lexicality 5y ago
The article doesn't seem to address the problem of how you stop your new atmosphere from also dissipating into space. Surely that's a slightly more important problem?
- Narishma 5y agoDoesn't that happen on geological time scales?
- OmicronCeti 5y agoFrom the paper in the article: >"MAVEN has observed the Martian upper atmosphere for a full Martian year, and has determined the rate of loss of gas to space and the driving processes; 1–2 kg/s of gas are being lost." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103517306917 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001910351...
- 8note 5y agoThat sounds similar to earth's?
- OmicronCeti 5y agoEarth's is more like 3kgs if I remember correctly
- valuearb 5y agoNope, because it would take millions of years.
- uncertainquark 5y agoYeah, it's crucial to stop or limit that. Dr. Jim Green and colleagues from NASA have proposed placing a strong magnetic field at Sun-Mars L1, which in theory works. This recent The Planetary Society article on Mars terraforming covers that and comprehensive than the OP submission: https://www.planetary.org/articles/can-we-make-mars-earth-like-through-terraforming https://www.planetary.org/articles/can-we-make-mars-earth-li...