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Even if one did this, any atmosphere on Mars would be temporary as the solar wind would eventually strip it away. The magnetic field is required for long term viability.


You're not wrong, but that's kind of a non-issue.

It takes on the order of hundreds of millions of years to lose that much atmosphere.


So you are saying we could crash some comets, boil the CO2/ice caps and solve the magnetosphere issue later?


well, this is a serious proposal to solve the magnetosphere-problem! We could build this AND nuke the plant.

Or we could at least use this as an indicator that the problem is solvable over a few centuries and start nuking. Better sooner than later!


Porque no los dos?




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