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Originally Posted by CraigD
Given that an ionosphere, which Mars currently has, even with its thin (about 0.01 Earth’s pressure) atmosphere, provides most of the habitability benefits that a magnetic field contributes to, why would you want to spend effort to give it a magnetic field? |
Hi CraigD,
If you used a non ice object (your new moon) to gather and lead all the KBO's to Mars you could save multiple trips and get the moon/staging post for free.
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Originally Posted by CraigD
In short, I remain of the opinion that, while with much greater space engineering capabilities than are currently available to humankind, terraforming Mars is technically possible, I doubt it will be economically or esthetically attractive at any time in the next 100 years.
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Lets hope our societies can last that long.
