Re:Momentum is building to explore Venus
by jcranmer on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:32PM
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Mars' atmosphere is 95.3% carbon dioxide, which means that the problem we have to solve is not "how do we inject craptons of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere" but "how do we stop the solar wind from stripping away the atmosphere," which is not a problem we have a clear idea as to how to solve.
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Re:Momentum is building to explore Venus
by HALtheWise on Thursday June 06, 2019 @06:19PM
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Contrary to popular belief, the rate that solar wind strips Mars atmosphere is so ridiculously low that we can comfortably kick the problem of stopping it down the road a few hundred thousand years. If we manage to generate a habitable climate by terraforming with additional heat and atmosphere, adding a magnetic field becomes a very low priority.
Venus has more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere and has the added bonus of the surface being pressurized like you are deep sea diving....
Re:Momentum is building to explore Venus
by aweawesome on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:47PM
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Sure but we got to survive till we could clear carbon dioxide