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sungod-1 t1_j1g7pe4 wrote

Reply to comment by TK-Squared-LLC in Mars' ancient atmosphere may not have had much oxygen after all by pecika

Not true, the abundant CO2 brought in from Venus will provide a carbon rich atmosphere, insulation for heat and oxygen

Mars does not have atmosphere and Venus has to much. We can balance both worlds and heat up Mars and Cool down Venus

Just one ice moon of Jupiter has 35 times the water of earth. We can move small ice moon from the gas giants to both mars and Venus to give them mass and liquid water

It won’t be easy but it can be accomplished with our new AI Robotics and electric propulsion, i.e., giant planet, moon and space based rail guns

They can easily shoot payloads around the solar system and we can accelerate and slow down using with laser ablation or heated water or expelled CO2

It’s not sci-fi, it’s funding and political will

Just the metal asteroids in the belt will fund the entire operation

And in a few hundred years both planets will be completely transformed and moving towards human habitation

Hell we can even build super structures around our moon and the large ice moons to heat them up and have atmosphere and liquid oceans

We can accomplish a lot

We can even occupy the outer rim of about 8-9 Pluto sized objects

Mercury can be mined for its vast quantity of metals and the remaining rock can add mass to Mars

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TK-Squared-LLC t1_j1ghr7r wrote

*free oxygen CO2 is not free oxygen, it's a prime example of what I said: oxygen does not stick around in an atmosphere without a generation source, it combines with other things.

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sungod-1 t1_j1ghyio wrote

True but once plant life can be introduced it will be sustaining

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TK-Squared-LLC t1_j1gi3wv wrote

That's the generation I'm talking about. The existence of free oxygen in a planter's atmosphere is the biggest indication of life on a planet.

Edit for more: your plan is something I have thought about as well, the only thing missing then is a magnetic field to stop the radiation from the sun.

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sungod-1 t1_j1kvc17 wrote

Wow, good thinking. Humanity really is lucky. Our solar system is so abundant and has lots of water

We just need to get our act together to become solar system wide planet and moon colonizers and shapers

Habitats for so much life can be created and sustained

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TK-Squared-LLC t1_j1kygr2 wrote

Mankind is not truly free until we can take material floating in space and create a livable habitat from it. We need to learn this skill!

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