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But would it stay on Mars? I thought the issue was there was no dynamo in the core, which lets solar winds strip it away. How long would it stay?
by Mistletoe 2y ago
But would it stay on Mars? I thought the issue was there was no dynamo in the core, which lets solar winds strip it away. How long would it stay?
- ianburrell 2y agoIt would stay molten for millions of years. Not sure if Europa's water would be flung into space, make atmosphere, or make a boiling ocean.
- yobbo 2y agoThere's probably a way to engineer it such that the spin of the planet is 24h, the core is spun up. We'd also like ~365 day years.
- px43 2y agoAt some point I saw a design for a machine you could park at the Lagrange point between Mars and the Sun that would collect solar power and spit out a magnetic field strong enough to deflect enough of the solar winds that we wouldn't need to worry about that.