/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3911758
- Mars doesn't require a magnetic field to protect us from cosmic rays and so on, as the scale height of Mars' atmosphere is about 2.5 times higher than Earth's, due to the 0.376 Gs squishing the atmosphere less. That is an adequate protective blanket.

- As for solar wind erosion, it doesn't start becoming a problem until AT THE VERY LEAST 50,000 years down the line. Now, if we can do shit like build mirrors large enough to reflect a meaningful amount of sunlight at Mars, I would say it's quite possible to generate a artificial planetary magnetic field either through photovoltaic rings orbiting the planet or some other method not yet devised. So basically, not that big a problem.

I'm more worried about the lack of volcanism and plate tectonics.

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>>3618553
Okay. I thought you might want to show a reverse-terraforming of mars.

>>3512017
It has all the greenhouse gasses it requires, with massive amounts of CO2 frozen into the soil.
It just needs a nudge in the right direction.

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/04/mars-south-pole-holds-nearly-an-atmospheres-worth-of-co2
.ars

>>3305658
I really do love the books.

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