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Oh. Restart the core! That all??
Mars' magnetic field is a mess! Wonder what happened to it in the first place?
originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: Nickn3
The asteroids and comets have far, far too little water. You need a Kuiper belt object for enough volatiles. That's something in the same class as Pluto.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: anzha
Trying to terraform Mars is by far and away the dumbest idea I've ever heard of! It sounds like something Maxine Waters or Sheila Jackson Lee would propose.
The only way for humans to successfully inhabit Mars would be underground; they need to find a caves and Caverns systems in Mars.........not on it. Trying to occupy the surface is beyond dumb. Have you seen their massive sand storms? Everything would be destroyed.
originally posted by: Nickn3
Perhaps we could even nudge Mars a little closer to the sun using the impacters.10 or 15 asteroids in the 5 cubic mile size should do nicely.
It’s fun to dream.
originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: Soylent Green Is People
I'd recommend against pulling Mars closer. However, one of the things we've learned from exoplanetary orbits is our solar system layout isn't as cast in stone as we thought. It would be possible to drop another planet in between earth and mars, maybe two, based on the closely packed systems.
originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: sdcigarpig
A magnetic field isn't required for terraforming on the million year time scale. It would take longer than that for the atmosphere to erode once it has been brought up to sea level..
Why would restarting the core of Mars increase the gravity?
There are not enough comets to make it worthwhile to hunt them down to use on Mars for terraforming. A Kuiper Belt Object (whether mined and sent in as discreet payloads or all together) makes far, far more sense for water and other volatiles. Ceres would make more sense than comets do.
Totally agree about clean up though. Losing its water and its atmosphere has made Mars into light years beyond a superfund site. At least Venus is worse.
Yeah it would take centuries to terraform Mars fully. Until then it will be “bio-dome” habitats spread all over.
originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: toms54
You don't need to go to the Moon to go to Mars. one is not a station for the other. Otherwise, we'd send Mars probes to the Moon and then from there to Mars.
Yeah but wouldn’t you want a magnetosphere to help block cosmic rays, solar flares and such?
How long do you think it would take for the dust to settle enough to roam freely?
Yeah it would take centuries to terraform Mars fully. Until then it will be “bio-dome” habitats spread all over.
Nice idea, but..
originally posted by: Nickn3
It would be nice to locate a few asteroids of frozen o2, co2, and h2o, and put them on a path for re-entery near the equator. The heat friction could melt the chemical ice and rain onto the surface. Perhaps we could even nudge Mars a little closer to the sun using the impacters.10 or 15 asteroids in the 5 cubic mile size should do nicely.
It’s fun to dream.