terraforming Mars

NASA’s top scientist retires, has a plan to make Mars habitable 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 14, 2022
NASA’s top scientist has worked his final days, and now he’s moving on to greener … planets?

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk Says We Need to Live in Glass Domes Before We Can Terraform Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2020
In a reply to a tweet, Elon Musk said we will need to live in glass domes before terraforming Mars.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk responds to claim he needs 10,000 missiles to terraform Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2020
The SpaceX CEO is not too concerned about reports that the firm would need a huge amount of missiles.

By David Aragorn
Mars Terraforming is Not Possible Using Currently Available Technology, Researchers Say 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 2, 2018
On Mars, the atmospheric pressure is around 0.6% of Earth’s. Any liquid water on the surface would very quickly evaporate or freeze. One of the challenges of terraforming the Red Planet is to increase its atmospheric pressure. The Martian polar caps, minerals, and soil could all provide sources of carbon dioxide and water to thicken the atmosphere. But a new study in the journal Nature Astronomy finds that processing all sources available on the planet would only increase the pressure to about 7% that of Earth, far short of what is needed.

By David Aragorn
Make Mars Livable with Asteroids: Researchers Propose Terraforming Plan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 28, 2017
A research team has devised a plan to make a portion of Mars more Earth-like by slamming an asteroid into it.

By David Aragorn