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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How could we make an atmosphere in Mars?
« on: 05/07/2015 08:13:18 »
Dear forum,
I am a screenwriter currently working on a story that takes place in Mars several hundred years after the start of an extensive terraforming program. I turn to you for ideas as to what exactly might terraforming Mars would involve. I welcome your competing ideas regarding how and why this would be possible OR impossible, however coldly realistic or creatively far fetched they might be []
I am aware of Mars' lack of a molten core and a sizeable moon and of the consequences involved for such a young atmosphere. Obviously, for the story to take place, I make a basic assumption: terraforming Mars with a breathable atmosphere IS possible, even if this means that the slow loss of atmospheric gasses due to low gravity makes the terraforming process necessarily ongoing.
Thanks a lot,
lungo
I am a screenwriter currently working on a story that takes place in Mars several hundred years after the start of an extensive terraforming program. I turn to you for ideas as to what exactly might terraforming Mars would involve. I welcome your competing ideas regarding how and why this would be possible OR impossible, however coldly realistic or creatively far fetched they might be []
I am aware of Mars' lack of a molten core and a sizeable moon and of the consequences involved for such a young atmosphere. Obviously, for the story to take place, I make a basic assumption: terraforming Mars with a breathable atmosphere IS possible, even if this means that the slow loss of atmospheric gasses due to low gravity makes the terraforming process necessarily ongoing.
Thanks a lot,
lungo