Is it just me or does Mars look Terraformed?
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Errm, not so much. The change wouldn't even be noticeable. If you want more gravity slam a few million asteroids into it or one really big moon. You'll need to redo the terraforming a bit afterwards.
I see what you mean. I don't know if my calculations are correct but I get a 0.017m/s2 increase in gravitational acceleration if we were to stop Mars spinning. The time would be better spent building some sort of meta-dimensional jump drive that can get us into the Star Citizen universe so we can pinch their artificial gravity technology.
Remains seen, remains seen. Before someone tries in the future there's no way to be sure. So shush.
That would be the best way to get enough water.
I seem to remember one possible method was to nuke the be-jesus out of it. I think to release the carbon dioxide from the rock. Although that would have some unfortunate consequences.
The good news is that the martian atmosphere is already 96% CO2
More seriously, assuming we wouldn't be murdering all existing martian life by introducing a corrosive gas like oxygen into their atmosphere, the biggest problem with terraforming is how to prevent the newly introduced gasses from leaking out into space like the did before. We would need to introduce something into mars that can generate oxygen faster than it is lost due to brownian motion and other forces.
The good news is that the martian atmosphere is already 96% CO2
More seriously, assuming we wouldn't be murdering all existing martian life by introducing a corrosive gas like oxygen into their atmosphere, the biggest problem with terraforming is how to prevent the newly introduced gasses from leaking out into space like the did before. We would need to introduce something into mars that can generate oxygen faster than it is lost due to brownian motion and other forces.
Probably need to reinforce its magnetosphere a ton, too.
maybe make Phobos and Deimos slam into it at just the right angle as to restart the spinning of the core, like the Great Impact theory says Earth got it's core and inner core which makes our magnetosphere so strong.
You don't have to. While it's true any new atmosphere put into place will eventually be lost to the Solar wind, it would take thousands or tens of thousands of years to do so.
You would need something alot bigger than tiny asteroids Phobos and Deimos. Great impact hypothesis suggests that the body which slammed into the Earth was half the size of it. Seriously big planet. Of course, after such cataclysmic impact you can write off the planet for the next few million years until it cools down again.
However, creating that atmosphere in first place would take thousands of years as well. Looks like Sisyphus' job to me: what you make today, Solar winds will eradicate tomorrow, so to speak.
There are theories that the terraforming of Venus might be actually easier than Mars.
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Oh no, that rock is falling what are we going to do, This looks like a job for Sisyphus.
Actually gravity isn't a problem. You can have a thick atmosphere on a lower-gee body than Earth (look at Titan). Atmospheric erosion is the killer, if you don't have active volcanism to replenish it.
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Drew.
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In the FE2/FFE games, Mars (and other worlds like it) was classified as a "small sustained terraformed world" in the system map - in other words, the terraforming isn't permanent and self-sustaining, it is constantly being renewed and reinforced (at great expense) and Mars would revert back to a barren airless desert without this constant human intervention. It is, therefore, an expensive synthetic garden planet - just the sort of thing you want to choose for your capital planet if you're a galactic superpower with a desire to flaunt your wealth and power to all who visit it.
The colouration of terraformed Mars, as with the colouration of other Earth-like planets, is primarily sorted by altitude above sea level. Mars is a distinctly asymmetric planet, with an ancient massive impact having carving out a huge dent at the North Pole; check out the topographical map of Mars on Wikipedia. ED uses this real-world elevation data for Mars, just as it does for Earth. Thus, there's a huge ocean covering the north pole and much of the northern hemisphere except for the Volcanic bulges of Tharsis and Elysium, a green swathe of near-sea-level plains near the equator, with the south pole at relatively high altitude except for the large Hellas impact basin. The thinner air, combined with remoteness from large bodies of water, mean that the Southern Hemisphere (except for Lake Hellas) is still largely a red desert.
The colouration of terraformed Mars, as with the colouration of other Earth-like planets, is primarily sorted by altitude above sea level. Mars is a distinctly asymmetric planet, with an ancient massive impact having carving out a huge dent at the North Pole; check out the topographical map of Mars on Wikipedia. ED uses this real-world elevation data for Mars, just as it does for Earth. Thus, there's a huge ocean covering the north pole and much of the northern hemisphere except for the Volcanic bulges of Tharsis and Elysium, a green swathe of near-sea-level plains near the equator, with the south pole at relatively high altitude except for the large Hellas impact basin. The thinner air, combined with remoteness from large bodies of water, mean that the Southern Hemisphere (except for Lake Hellas) is still largely a red desert.
Yea, that theory was from Elon Musk, I believe...
However, there are theories about ice trapped under the surface. We shall see.
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The terraforming of mars was a monumental act of environmental vandalism. After reading the "Red Mars" trilogy by Kim Stanley-Robinson I was soooo looking forward to checking out the terrain so wonderfully described in the book. But no, no no. Now it's all trees and ewoks. Criminal!
And do not forget that there was the extermination of the Martians before the terraforming
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