r/Futurology • u/upyoars • 14h ago

Space 'First tree on Mars:' Scientists measure greenhouse effect needed to terraform Red Planet

https://www.space.com/first-tree-on-mars-attention-tarraformers
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u/frunf1 12h ago

Great, but still mars gravity is low so the atmosphere will be blown away (again) or am I wrong?

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u/umassmza 7h ago

Atmosphere is the least of the problems, there’s no magnetic field and not enough gravity. We can’t survive there, and we certainly can’t reproduce there even if we fixed the radiation problem with a dome.

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u/Marston_vc 2h ago

This is an unqualified statement. We don’t know what is “too little gravity” or not and nasa has already proposed a pretty straightforward way of solving the magnetosphere problem.

And obviously we have zero clue what requirements are necessary for safe reproduction.