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Fun fact.. we could slow down phobos, sending it crashing into mars.. it would be human possible, with todays technologies right now.. we even could pick a spot
by PicassoCTs 4y ago
Fun fact.. we could slow down phobos, sending it crashing into mars.. it would be human possible, with todays technologies right now.. we even could pick a spot.. and start with this smash a terraforming program.
- vkou 4y ago1. We have human technologies to impact 625m/s of delta-V to a moon that weighs 10,000,000,000,000 tonnes? [1] 2. What exactly would that accomplish? [1] Should 'only' take 2 * 10^21 joules of energy[2]. [2] Humanity's annual energy consumption is 5.8 * 10^20 joules.
- PicassoCTs 4y agoIts not about brute force, its about giving it a kick in the right direction, changing the already moribund orbit, into one which graces atmosphere now instead of in 10000 years. The rest it does on its own.. 2. At that scale, it guess reignite volcanic activity, freeze frozen water and atmosphere. Or create a snowball event, although one could argue that mars already experienced that.