On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:41:40 -0700 (PDT), Brian Davis
<brdavis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 10, 4:08 pm, Luke Campbell <lwc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Comets? My favorite body to slam into Mars for terraforming purposes
> > is Venus.
>
> First, I think you have that backwards (if anything, it would be Mars
> slamming into Venus). Second, if you can change the semi-major axis by
> a couple of AU, im****ting volatiles is child's play. Perhaps
> literally.
>
> > Give it some real gravity, the ability to hold on to an atmosphere,
> > and so on.
>
> Yep. You would end up with a system even harder to get off of than
> Earth, with a too-hot atmosphere that is at least as toxic as Mars.
> Hmm, somehow I don't see this as an even slight improvement :).
Not to mention that it would take aeons to cool down.
How about hitting Mars with a constant stream of very small comets
hitting just often enough to keep the atmosphere nice and balmy?
There would be some interesting effects on the weather.
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Joy Beeson
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