Enough water on Mars to cover the entire planet!!

[SUBMAN1]

And enough of it to cover it completely to a depth of 11 meters! Not only does this make a Mars base much easier to maintain - you can get all sorts of things you need from water like oxygen for example, but it also makes Terraforming it a much easier possibility too! The Terraforming project wil be outside my lifetime, but it is still a cool possiblity!

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...-20070315.html

-S

[CptSimFreak]

What is the range of temperature on mars?

[STEED]

Transformation of another planet and what will happen? Take a look at the Earth what a bloody mess. All we will do is turn Mars into a rubbish dump it's in our nature.

[CptSimFreak]

Originally Posted by STEED

Transformation of another planet and what will happen? Take a look at the Earth what a bloody mess. All we will do is turn Mars into a rubbish dump it's in our nature.

And that's why it will happen; to get away from this mess.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by CptSimFreak

And that's why it will happen; to get away from this mess.

So we turn Mars into a rubbish dump where do we go?

If it has water it has to have shipping, if it has shipping there must be subs!

[August]

Is it possible to create a breathable atmosphere on a cold core planet?

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by STEED

So we turn Mars into a rubbish dump where do we go?

To the moon!...


Yes, I think it is possible to do that. Is it really a cold core, though?

[kiwi_2005]

So did they find Snapper in em waters, i love snapper might be a good future fishing spot!

[Letum]

Originally Posted by August

Is it possible to create a breathable atmosphere on a cold core planet?

In theory, but the biggest problem is creating a big enough atmosphere. It would require many billions of tonnes of gas. More than could ever be produced.

[August]

Originally Posted by Letum

In theory, but the biggest problem is creating a big enough atmosphere. It would require many billions of tonnes of gas. More than could ever be produced.

Assuming the production problems could be solved wouldn't the absence of a protective magnetic field allow cosmic winds to just erode away any atmosphere one might create?

[elite_hunter_sh3]

thats alot of water, i say best thing to do is forget mars, concentrate on the moon and mine it for all the minerals it has (if it has any)

edit* JAWOHL commodore herr kaleuns!!!

[STEED]

What about the Moon

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by August

Assuming the production problems could be solved wouldn't the absence of a protective magnetic field allow cosmic winds to just erode away any atmosphere one might create?

Yep, that would happen. But you all must know this: Mars has an atmosphere (Link). All you need to do, and I know I'm making this sound easy, is to alter the atmospheric compostion to an "Earth Composition." You would also need to find a way to raise the atmospheric pressure to a liveable level.

Mars' Atmospheric Composition:

95.72% Carbon dioxide
2.7% Nitrogen
1.6% Argon
0.2% Oxygen
0.07% Carbon Monoxide
0.03% Water vapor
0.01% Nitric Oxide

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by STEED

What about the Moon

There would be no way to give the moon liquid water on the surface. It has no atmosphere at all, unlike Mars. But ice on the moon means that we can sustain life under the surface of the moon, in a place that we can control the atmosphere.