I was just wondering whether this could happen... maybe it sounds impossible... but who knows ...
2006-11-25 02:46:25 · 9 answers · asked by silvs 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2006-11-25 02:53:04 · update #1
life needs not only oxygen but othere conditions as well. Life needs essentailly he fore of gravity for the proceses of life to be active .It is graiy tha keeps the sir balanket over the surfaxce oif he earth . But for that , the air would vanish into thin air ! - would anish into space . Water would not flow and our food would not go doen our throat and would not even be able to defecate . aain the climate is also imporant . We hae go to be at a distncefrom the dun hat would be expose us to a ligh and heat that is cinsucive to the development of live and tolerable to life .ALL he planets around the sun are not locaed at a sistance very conducive to the deelopmemt of life like us .and all of hem dfo not hav a gaviy tha is suitable for the fuctioning of our system . We are not independent of our great mother earth. We will not survive in any planet which dose not hae an amospher and gavity like the earth. Oxygen alone won't help us live .Since the building blocks of all elemens ar the same - electron and proton - we would be able create oxyen in any planet by a suiable process that man would be able to create by manipulaing the numbver of electrons in the aoms of any subasance aailable in any pkanet . We do not hae to transfer oxygen anywhere . we can create oxygen from whatever is available anywhere.
2006-11-25 04:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by diamond r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
You could grab a comet that was made of carbon dioxide and carefully add it, but you would need a lot of comets to make a big difference on Mars. Plus, you would then have to change the C02 to O2. O2 is very reactive, and bods readily with a lot of substances. Without plants to put it in the atmosphere (or some sort of process) it would all bond with the available materials and slowly come out of the atmosphere.
The planet in question should already have a good deal of oxygen, trapped in rocks and stuff. you would have to get it out to use it. Don't forget that you need something non-reactive like nitrogen mixed in with the O2 so that you can breathe it.
I might point out that right now we don't have the technology or resources to make this a reality. Look up terraforming...
2006-11-25 11:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by ~XenoFluX 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we sort of did that when we went to the moon. We couldn't cause a change in any planet's atmosphere like that (i.e., no "Genesis Project" a la "Star Trek"), but we're pretty close to being able to do the following: Mars is believed to have remnant water under its surface....at least, we know it's at it's polar ice caps. It is said you could take water (H2O) and separate the atoms from the molecule so that you could create hydrogen for additional fuel, and oxygen for breathing.
But you could never affect an entire planet's atmospheric make-up practically.
2006-11-25 10:55:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be possible, at least in theory, to introduce a plant cover to a planet that has an atmosphere with a high CO2 content, that may thrive and in the course of many years, add oxygen to the air. It would also require some form of water, so "life" may not be as we know it.
2006-11-25 14:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Lee W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can bottle oxygen, so yes... it is possible.
The real question should not be as to whether or not we can transfer oxygen to another planet... trees create oxygen. SO, the real question is whether or not trees could survive on another planet to create oxygen. If it doesn't get continually replaced then it does no good.
2006-11-25 11:00:05 · answer #5 · answered by wizardslizards 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that the Earth has enough to spare for that.
The global warming folks suggest that it is possible to alter a planet's atmosphere. Maybe the iron oxides on the surface of Mars could be broken up into oxygen and iron in sufficient quantity to sustain human life?
2006-11-25 12:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not practical, for one thing, even if we could transport that much O2, where would we get it? we would deplete our planet of O2 sending it somewhere else, that's not good for us. A better solution is to terraform the planet. Introduce micro-organisms that could survive there and produce oxygen. This is actually being studied by NASA.
2006-11-25 18:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by ZeedoT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have extra?
I didn't realize that our rain forests had been restored.
In that case, maybe we could make a breathing tube that reaches Mars.
2006-11-25 10:55:21 · answer #8 · answered by Wren 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no idea, sry
2006-11-25 11:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋