/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2924917
Lack of magnetosphere is not quite as big a problem as Mars is further from the sun and when we raise the atmospheric pressure we can add extra ozone/insert molecule here and so forth to counteract the radiation.
>Even if an atmosphere was made solar flares would wipe it out
Naw dude. Dude. Naw.
http://bigthink.com/ideas/24011
>Answer: You are absolutely correct. Mars is a small planet, and hence it's gravitational field is not strong enough to permanently hold onto a dense atmosphere, but it is sufficient to hold onto an atmosphere for thousands to millions of years, which is enough for us. Once we terraform Mars, there will be enough of an atmosphere to take of all our needs for generations to come.
>I believe that, that is how Mars got to be how it currently is in the first place
It was its small mass that made its early magnetosphere die when the core cooled, and then because volcanism and tectonic activity stopped so did the adding of CO2 into the atmosphere. After a while, the oceans froze, the atmosphere that wasn't swept away was frozen deep into the polar latitudes and Mars became the dry cold place it is today.

>>2835401
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars

>>2618877

>>2583101
*ahem*

>>2520088
Ahem.

>25% of America's GDP on science

Will we ever terraform the Moon or Mars?

Is creating an artificial atmosphere even possible?