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10893078 No.10893078 [Reply] [Original]

Would nuking Mars actually work to make it more habitable?

>> No.10893082

>>10893078
Only if Elon Musk is already there.

>> No.10893098

>>10893082
now that's edgy as fuck

>> No.10893180

>>10893098
it's true though.

>> No.10893186

>>10893082
based

>> No.10893466

>>10893078
Correct me if I'm wrong but this idea is retarded. The reason Mars lost it's atmosphere was because Mars stopped generating it's magnetic field. After it was gone the solar radiation tore down the atmosphere. What's to prevent it from happening again?

>> No.10893542

>>10893466
restarting the magnetic field with microwave satellites

>> No.10893549

>>10893078
>unhabitable planet
>nuke it
>still unhabitable
The answer seems to be: JELLO BABIES JELLO BABIES JELLO BABIES

>> No.10893551

>>10893542
Let's just build a fucking Niven Ring and live on that. And heck, while we're at it we should build a Dyson ring too and colonize the galaxy.

>> No.10893553

The only feasible way to make mars habitable would be over hundreds, possible thousands or tens of thousands of years. Even if we detonated every nuke ever made on Mars it wouldn't add that much thermal energy and the atmosphere is so thin it would be lost.

>> No.10893587
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10893587

Wouldn't it be a constant battle to maintain the atmosphere and magnetic field? Excluding unforeseeable technology.

>> No.10893599

>>10893587
>"""history""" channel

>> No.10893615

>>10893078
Only temporarily and at a cost. You would lose large quantities of what little atmospheric gasses remain. Vaporised water will break down in sunlight and the hydrogen will blow out into space. A thicker atmosphere will intensify weather events like dust storms.

Seems like an expensive way of doing something which doesn't need to be done.

Practically nonsensical. An interesting thought experience nonetheless.

>> No.10893727

>>10893466

>The reason Mars lost it's atmosphere was because Mars stopped generating it's magnetic field

Is that true? I thought Mars has a thin atmosphere still, and the only reason Earth has more is because of microbial and plant activity.

>> No.10893765

>>10893082
FPBP

>> No.10893784

>>10893587
yes. elon musk is a dreamy nerd who wants nothing more than to have the world become the scifi fantasy he dreamt of as a child, and colonizing mars is a ridiculous idea. however, he is incredibly competent and is relentless and tenacious, which is giving us some wonderful technology.

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10893796

>>10893727
>>10893615
Solar erosion of atmospheric gases takes millions of years to lose significant quantities.

The problem is solved by a magnetic station at the Mars Solar L1.

The other major atmospheric problem is gravity. Mars just doesn't have enough to hold a thick atmosphere of light gases. It would be extremely high earth altitudes at best.