Terraformed Mars

An animation of Mars of "Before" and "After" being Terraformed. Landmass and oceans correspond to Martian topography.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Mars
• Terraformed
• 3d
• animation
• planet
• Future

[dav956able]

why dont people now just fire a big huge rocket filled with horrible polluting gas then when people first land in 20-30 yers it would maybe half way to a third of the way to being earth like

[curingaging00]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 Indeed, and because it will take millions of years for the process of atmospheric stripping, in the mean time we could replenish the Martian atmosphere. If we can render Mars habitable within a few hundred years which also includes increasing atmospheric pressures, I'm sure competing with this millions of years of atmospheric stripping will be a non issue.

[overusedoxymoron2003]

@kokofan50 The Earths core and presumably Mars' core is made of iron and nickel, which are ferrous, meaning magnetic. Churning that substance is like an alternating current generator. When copper spins rapidly around an iron magnet, it produces and electro magnetic field. The moon uses it momentum to caus tidal influences on the Earths core, its crust (again tugging on it to create firction and therefore volcanos and quakes), and the lunar tides even affect out inner ears.

[FLAME4564]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 ooh not unless its done right. If done right the admosphear could be made also breathable on mars in less than half a million.

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

@FLAME4564

As I already said, it would take millions of years for a breathably dense Martian atmosphere to be whittled away by brunt of solar wind. If Mars is terraformed than that would mean humanity is able to add atmosphere to Mars thousands of times faster than the loss of atmosphere due to solar wind.

[FLAME4564]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 actualy to make life on mars possible. Mars does need a magnetosphear because without that magnetosphear u cannot have a martian base or matian colony or a breathable atmosphear on the red planet. Its just not possible without a working core and a magnetosphear for protection. So yea i dont know where u got that so called fantasy of mars not needing a magnetosphear but u mate are dead wrong. So no magnetosphear no breathable atmosphear and no mars base without a magnetic field.

[kokofan50]

@overusedoxymoron2003 For onethe moons doesn't play a part in the creation of the magentosphere, the Earth's core does that by itself. The moon maybe part of why earthquakes and volcanic erouptions happen when they do but other than that it doesn't effect that stuff. Why do we need tides?

[AlamoBuck]

@terrcraft18 There is sufficient underground water on Mars that if it were all brought to the surface in liquid form, it would cover the surface of the planet to an average depth of over 30 feet. Water isn't an issue. The biggest problem is that Mars has a very thin atmosphere and no magnetosphere. The lack of these two things may make terraforming Mars impossible. With its small mass and thus, weak gravity, it would never be able to maintain an Earth-like atmosphere.

[overusedoxymoron2003]

Noone has suggested perhaps the most important factor in terraforming Mars. Why is Earth the way it is now? Why does Earth have so much volcanic activity, and the tides of the oceans? Because we have a moon. Mars' core is cool and inactive. The tidal forces of a moon would dramatically accelerate terraforming, and create a magentosphere. Perhaps eventually we would need to tow a huge asteroid or one of Jupiters moons to Martian orbit. Any thoughts?

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

@curingaging00 You read my mind.

[lordofspeeds4321]

Water is under the surface of mars and a lot...