tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827737455192107295.post4523873056219728586..comments2024-03-28T21:58:56.058-05:00Comments on By Other Means: Terraformed MarsOdysseushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827737455192107295.post-162130540913489742016-05-29T08:32:23.690-05:002016-05-29T08:32:23.690-05:00Well for starters you're still working with so...Well for starters you're still working with something that receives a lot less solar energy than we do. So even with more of a greenhouse effect the water cycle and oxygen cycle would have less energy to work with.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827737455192107295.post-15401326278699948392016-05-28T00:43:06.132-05:002016-05-28T00:43:06.132-05:00Supposing you did Drain the Oceans, and dumped the...<a href="http://what-if.xkcd.com/54/" rel="nofollow">Supposing you did Drain the Oceans, and dumped the water on top of the Curiosity rover, how would Mars change as the water accumulated?</a>pdwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943525787137905313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827737455192107295.post-31637765380972334472016-05-26T18:28:01.467-05:002016-05-26T18:28:01.467-05:00Oh I know that the idea is closer to science fanta...Oh I know that the idea is closer to science fantasy than science fiction, but I still though the rendering was pretty cool. Besides if you can move moons around snagging a few dozen comets for volitiles should be straight forward.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6827737455192107295.post-6752291416981232112016-05-26T08:45:38.939-05:002016-05-26T08:45:38.939-05:00Not gonna happen. The rock is too small to hold an...Not gonna happen. The rock is too small to hold an O2/N atmo and has no magnetic field to stop the rays. The only way to "terraform" Mars or Venus would be to first find them a good sized moon to "kick start" the core rotation to gain a magnetic field. Then find enough water to build an ocean. THEN you could work on atmo. Shouldn't take more than 10000 years for Mars and a million or so for Venus. Easy- peasy.---RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com