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Re: Greenhouse Gases Could 'Terraform' Mars
Posted by: Anonymous 2005-02-07 12:17:50

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NASA scientists said it might be possible to create global warming on Mars, which would melt the polar ice caps and create conditions suitable for life. Scientists at the agency's Ames Research Center said releasing fluorine-based synthetic greenhouse gases into the Martian atmosphere could raise the planet's temperature enough to melt the ice caps. In fact, they said, introducing global warming on the red planet could be the best way to turn its frozen landscape into a habitable world in the future.

Re: Greenhouse Gases Could 'Terraform' Mars
Posted by: CmdrGork 2005-02-07 12:30:35 In reply to: Anonymous

Before they can attempt anything like terraforming Mars, they must first determine why the atmosphere dissipated in the first place. If we can't find a solution for that, it will only happen again, which will be a waste of resources we can use better elsewhere. The scientist need to think before they act.