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This [1] may interest you. It estimated Mars's atmospheric loss at 0.1-0.5kg/s, which amounts to about 3-16k tons/year but that's also with Mars's current almos
by cletus 2y ago
This [1] may interest you. It estimated Mars's atmospheric loss at 0.1-0.5kg/s, which amounts to about 3-16k tons/year but that's also with Mars's current almost nonexistent atmosphere. Losses would be higher with a thicker stmosphere that would be ~1 atmosphere of pressure at ground level.
[1]: https://sci.esa.int/documents/33745/35957/1567258799920-Weihai-093-Coates-escape.pdf https://sci.esa.int/documents/33745/35957/1567258799920-Weih...