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The math is clear. A new atmosphere would take millions of years to get swept away.
by valuearb 5y ago
The math is clear. A new atmosphere would take millions of years to get swept away.
- hinkley 5y agoLast math I saw suggested 100,000 years, but if we're still on Mars for that long and dealing with atmospheric bleed-off, we done fucked up already.
- valuearb 5y agoEven if it’s only a hundred thousand years, we can set up a magnetic field in Mars orbit that would substantially reduce losses far easier than actually making the new atmosphere.