2007-12-10 17:07:31 · 9 answers · asked by theypissonourbacksandsayitsrain 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
sorry ,but more than likely never.
an atmosphere on mars wouldn't last long.
the sun would blow it away like dust in the wind with its solar wind of charged particles.
Mars has no magentic field. meaning that the core is nearly "frozen" solid.
it would take a huge amount of energy to be able to get it hot enough to start generating a magnetic field again.
mars does have a very thin layer of atmosphere left, but its only 1% of the pressure earth is.
even with chemical injections into the air, our blood would boil inside our skin unless in a pressurized suit.
just my humble opinion
2007-12-10 17:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The year we figure out how to increase Mars mass and gravitational pull without destabilizing the inner solarsystem. If Mars was capable of holding onto a significant earthlike atmosphere it would have one. It had one in the past but lost it due to insufficient gravitational pull. Were we to artificially reproduce one we would just see it venting off into space once more.
2007-12-11 03:57:10 · answer #2 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars already has an atmosphere, it just does not have much oxygen. We could add oxygen by introducing plants, but that would take at least thousands of years, and most of the scientific community is strongly opposed to altering the Martian Ecosystem.
2007-12-11 01:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by mathfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there is said that there is an ice cap on Mars at its pole...I propose that we simply retrofit a few nuclear submarines in order to melt the ice caps in order to provide the planet with an atmosphere. The nuclear submarines should be able to provide enough heat and power to do so.
2007-12-11 15:19:09 · answer #4 · answered by elliot710 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never. In fact, I doubt that anyone will ever so much as set foot on Mars. A hundred years from now, it simply won't be possible to send anyone there. And, although it is possible to do so presently, it won't be done because our political leaders, when they have any values at all, have the wrong ones.
2007-12-11 04:16:42 · answer #5 · answered by elohimself 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the concept of the technological singularity (as proposed by Kurzweil) happens, then I would say this could happen a lot sooner than you might think. Maybe around 2080 or even sooner.
Just google "Technological Singularity" and check it out.
2007-12-11 01:41:43 · answer #6 · answered by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3051.
That's my best guess.
Unless God creates one for us before then.
I'm guessing 3051 based on no other reason than it rolls of the tongue well... which will be important when the little Martian students have to recite that year in geography and history class.
2007-12-11 01:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't "create" one. Atmospheres are not created by man, they are created by elements on that planet. If we transported elements to that planet, it could work, but who knows if even that is possible.
2007-12-11 01:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by aerogirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Think Walmart is already building a supercenter there
2007-12-11 05:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋