I have heard many ways to accomplish this task. There was a wild idea that they could litterally knock Mars into Earth's orbit around the sun... which seems impossible to me. Then I have heard of filtering Earth's atmosphere of harmful greenhouse gases and bringing them to Mars... on Mars they would actually be helpful in warming the planet. After the planet warms and the water melts they want to add a genetically engineered algae to the oceans. This algae is said to be able to produce up to 1/2 of the required oxygen on the planet for mankind to flourish. Do any of you have any new ideas, better ideas, or have more information on the processes I outlined above? Remember I know alittle about this topic and I am curious what YOUR belief is!
2006-07-09 03:59:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
ok ppl look there are many ways to overcome these problems.... the question is HOW DO WE DO IT... cause it is possible... and we could even out the loss of mass on earth by bringing back metals from asteroid fields or something.... ok now time for round 2... How to do it not if we can do it!
2006-07-09 04:21:58 · update #1
johnny G... ur currently in the lead... but can u supply me with a good link?? thanx man ur answer is very interesting.
2006-07-09 14:16:27 · update #2
I love this question ... Check out Isaac Asimov's novella "The Martian Way"
The way presented there is to go to the Van Allan belt, or better yet Saturn's rings, outfit one of the ice asteroids that make up the majority of the debris there with propulsion and guidance, and loft em into Mars' orbit, then give the orbits controlled decay, and detonate charges to blow em up... Ice & water in the atmosphere, and ice & water readily accessable on the ground...
2006-07-09 06:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by JohnnyG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it can happen. Mars has less gravity than the earth, I don't know if it would be able to hold the necessary atmosphere. Maybe if domes were built, but that would be a monsterous undertaking economically speaking. Plus we would need the technology to get there--not that the time would be a factor, but food and oxygen.
Economically, in this day and age I would say it's impossible. Humans need to be far more altruistic for this to be done and averyone wants to keep their money. Some radical economic revamping would need to be done, and I doubt people would go for it.
Physiologically, it would be very difficult for humans. Bone mas would decrease, as well as muscle tone. Constant rigorous exercise would be needed to keep the body in shape, and if a woman were to become pregnant, the fetus would adapt to the low-gravity conditions--larger, weaker lungs and fragile bones--adequate for life on Mars, but they could not come to earth if they wanted to.
2006-07-09 04:06:30 · answer #2 · answered by Songbird 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
removing massive amounts of elements not found on mars from earth would make earth lighter and mars heavier, thus both planets would go out of orbit. The whole idea is ridiculous!
Why would you want to live on mars? Humans can't even live properly on Earth!
2006-07-09 04:04:54 · answer #3 · answered by amtghota 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you took all the chemicals to need to terraform Mars you might alter earths orbit sending it flying off into space/another planet or flying into the sun, if this happenswill be looking at you.... or you could send someone with a SUV?
2006-07-09 04:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd try to find a way to break one of the ice moons of Jupiter or Saturn out and crash it gently onto Mars. That woulld increase Mars' gravity AND give it an atmosphere. Then it's just a matter of importing plants and stuff.
2006-07-09 04:06:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Er well that all sounds well and good... really it needs to be a little easier to /get/ to Mars first.
2006-07-09 04:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by tomalak_geretkal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋