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Old August 2nd 18, 12:43 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Alain Fournier[_3_]
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Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


Alain Fournier
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Old August 2nd 18, 09:14 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Alain Fournier wrote on Wed, 1 Aug 2018
19:43:57 -0400:


Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


All well and good, but it doesn't seem to let me post there, which is
why I gave up on it way back when.


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somebody has to draw the line. And that somebody is always me....
I am the law."
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Old August 2nd 18, 11:44 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Scott M. Kozel[_2_]
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On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 4:14:49 AM UTC-4, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Alain Fournier wrote on Wed, 1 Aug 2018
19:43:57 -0400:


Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


All well and good, but it doesn't seem to let me post there, which is
why I gave up on it way back when.


Terraforming Mars is one of those religious arguments, anyhow.
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Old August 2nd 18, 12:34 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Jeff Findley[_6_]
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In article ,
says...

On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 4:14:49 AM UTC-4, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Alain Fournier wrote on Wed, 1 Aug 2018
19:43:57 -0400:


Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


All well and good, but it doesn't seem to let me post there, which is
why I gave up on it way back when.


Terraforming Mars is one of those religious arguments, anyhow.


True. But my guess is that Mars will prove lifeless. If that's the
case, who's going to object to terraforming a lifeless planet?

Nothing fundamental in physics to stop humans from doing it. It will
surely take centuries or more to do it, but there should be more than
enough material in the solar system to do it. Mostly Mars needs
volatiles to recreate a thicker atmosphere. Once you get it up to 5
psi, you can walk around in breathing masks and (relatively) normal
clothing.

Jeff
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Old August 2nd 18, 04:20 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Robert Clark
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On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 7:43:58 PM UTC-4, Alain Fournier wrote:
Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


Alain Fournier


Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look.

Bob Clark

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Old August 2nd 18, 04:56 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Jeff Findley wrote on Thu, 2 Aug 2018
07:34:20 -0400:

In article ,
says...

On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 4:14:49 AM UTC-4, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Alain Fournier wrote on Wed, 1 Aug 2018
19:43:57 -0400:


Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


All well and good, but it doesn't seem to let me post there, which is
why I gave up on it way back when.


Terraforming Mars is one of those religious arguments, anyhow.


True. But my guess is that Mars will prove lifeless. If that's the
case, who's going to object to terraforming a lifeless planet?

Nothing fundamental in physics to stop humans from doing it. It will
surely take centuries or more to do it, but there should be more than
enough material in the solar system to do it. Mostly Mars needs
volatiles to recreate a thicker atmosphere. Once you get it up to 5
psi, you can walk around in breathing masks and (relatively) normal
clothing.


I've seen articles recently where NASA is apparently claiming that it
is not possible to terraform Mars. I haven't actually read the
articles to see what their reasoning is, but the only reason I can
think of is that it just won't hold enough atmosphere, no matter how
hard you shovel stuff in (which seems odd to me).


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Old August 2nd 18, 05:00 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Fred J. McCall wrote on Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:14:48
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Alain Fournier wrote on Wed, 1 Aug 2018
19:43:57 -0400:


Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion
about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much.
Nobody else is contributing to the discussion, possibly because some of
you have given up on sci.space.science.

So if you haven't checked on sci.space.science for a while, I encourage
you to go check it out. And if you want to contribute to the discussion,
that would be great.


All well and good, but it doesn't seem to let me post there, which is
why I gave up on it way back when.


OK, I take it back. It did eventually show up, so I guess it's
working again.


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man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
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Old August 3rd 18, 11:11 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Alain Fournier[_3_]
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Le Aug/2/2018 Ã* 11:41 PM, Scott M. Kozel a écritÂ*:
On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 7:34:27 AM UTC-4, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article ,
says...

Terraforming Mars is one of those religious arguments, anyhow.


True. But my guess is that Mars will prove lifeless. If that's the
case, who's going to object to terraforming a lifeless planet?

Nothing fundamental in physics to stop humans from doing it. It will
surely take centuries or more to do it, but there should be more than
enough material in the solar system to do it. Mostly Mars needs
volatiles to recreate a thicker atmosphere. Once you get it up to 5
psi, you can walk around in breathing masks and (relatively) normal
clothing.


I forget how many octillion tons of oxygen it would take, but the
problem is getting it there in the needed quantities and then keeping
it there.


Not many octillions, less than a trillionth of an octillion tons. An
octillion is a somewhat large number (that's using the short scale, the
long scale would be even worse). But yes, it is true that many trillion
tons of O2 is a lot of O2.

Keeping it there isn't really the problem. It will be blown away by
solar wind as Mars' original atmosphere was. But that happens on a time
scale of millions of years. If you can't replenish it on that time
scale, it basically means that you couldn't put it there in the first
place. No one is going to start adding O2 to Mars with the plan of
having completed the job in a million years.


Alain Fournier
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Old August 3rd 18, 12:52 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Scott M. Kozel[_2_]
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On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 6:11:56 AM UTC-4, Alain Fournier wrote:
Le Aug/2/2018 Ã* 11:41 PM, Scott M. Kozel a écritÂ*:
On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 7:34:27 AM UTC-4, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article ,
says...

Terraforming Mars is one of those religious arguments, anyhow.

True. But my guess is that Mars will prove lifeless. If that's the
case, who's going to object to terraforming a lifeless planet?

Nothing fundamental in physics to stop humans from doing it. It will
surely take centuries or more to do it, but there should be more than
enough material in the solar system to do it. Mostly Mars needs
volatiles to recreate a thicker atmosphere. Once you get it up to 5
psi, you can walk around in breathing masks and (relatively) normal
clothing.


I forget how many octillion tons of oxygen it would take, but the
problem is getting it there in the needed quantities and then keeping
it there.


Not many octillions, less than a trillionth of an octillion tons. An
octillion is a somewhat large number (that's using the short scale, the
long scale would be even worse). But yes, it is true that many trillion
tons of O2 is a lot of O2.

Keeping it there isn't really the problem. It will be blown away by
solar wind as Mars' original atmosphere was. But that happens on a time
scale of millions of years. If you can't replenish it on that time
scale, it basically means that you couldn't put it there in the first
place. No one is going to start adding O2 to Mars with the plan of
having completed the job in a million years.


A trillionth of an octillion tons would be in the quintillions.
Nobody knows what did or would take place in millions of years,
as nobody has any such observational span.
 




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