The potential discovery suggests that Mars once looked very different from how it appears today and could once have sustained life.
  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    10 months ago

    The idea of watching mars atmosphere being terraformed back so liquid water could stay on the surface again scratches every itch in my body and it’s the first time I’ve felt loss at the fragility of human lifespan

    • Kata1yst@kbin.social
      12·
      10 months ago

      You may enjoy the Red Mars/Blue Mars/Green Mars series from Kim Stanley Robinson.

      I confess I only got part way through because it’s more a political thriller with a sci-fi backdrop. But what I read was pretty good.

    • bitwaba@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      The crazy thing about terraforming another planet is that you could (re-)terraform the Earth for less resources.

    • Skua@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      Let’s move half of Venus’s atmosphere to Mars and get both

      Disclaimer yes I know that that’s actually way too much atmosphere on Mars

  • blahsay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Now just to increase the mass of Mars so it won’t drift off if vapourised 🫠