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Originally posted by: BlameTheEx
With sufficient technology we can do anything we please.
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If we had the power to give mars an atmosphere then presumably we would have the power to maintain it.
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Hi BlameTheEx,
I Agree, by the time we actually start terraforming we may indeed have
the technology to maintain the atmosphere. Heck, we may even have
interstellar travel by then and find a more suitable planet.
The web sites I have been reading mention a few ways of warming Mars.
Some of these processes seems awfully slow, that's what made me wonder
about the solar wind.
One radical idea is to impact Mars with large icy asteroids containing
ammonia. The impact would warm the planet by a few degrees and also
add tons of greenhouse gas and water. Although this may be a faster
method, human settlement would be delayed for centuries.
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Originally posted by: BlameTheEx
One Venus day = 243 earth days.
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Yes, I can see how that would be a problem. I didn't consider the day
length, Venus was more of an after thought.
Well, I guess realization of terraforming is so far in the future that we
can't know what technology we may develop by then. Ultimately, our
distant descendants will be the ones to take up this task. I guess all we
can do right now is learn what we can about the planets and how they
evolve.
sundog