To: Exton1
Mars does not have the mass to maintain it’s atmosphere.
4 posted on
03/08/2008 12:13:22 PM PST by
kinoxi
To: kinoxi
7 posted on
03/08/2008 12:14:41 PM PST by
kinoxi
To: kinoxi
Maybe not, but micheal moore does. Is he warming?
16 posted on
03/08/2008 12:21:06 PM PST by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: kinoxi
Thank you. Off-topic and global warming aside, all the talk of terraforming Mars to an Earth-like state conveniently ignores its mass, and thus its ability to hold on to an atmosphere useful to us.
21 posted on
03/08/2008 12:29:25 PM PST by
kenth
To: kinoxi
"Mars does not have the mass to maintain it’s atmosphere."
Doesn't it also not have a very strong electromagnetic field, which allows the sun's radiation to "burn off" much of its atmosphere? Or are we kinda talking about the same thing?
Confession - I'm a CPA not a scientist (or is that obvious?).
28 posted on
03/08/2008 1:00:45 PM PST by
safeasthebanks
("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
To: kinoxi
Not for long. The solar winds blow away any atmosphere due to a lack of a magnetosphere.
47 posted on
03/08/2008 4:55:44 PM PST by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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