[ProtectOurFreedom]

...after its iron inner core was somehow undone

Just a passing reference in the article that would seem, on the surface, to be utterly ridiculous. An entire planet's iron core was "somehow undone"? What exactly might that geophysical or chemical process might be? Did the strong force just up and decide to retire?

[RckyRaCoCo]

Quaid, start the Reactor!

[BenLurkin]

It’s a shame Mars is so small compared with Earth and Venus.

[cgbg]

Who does the guy from NASA think “we” is?

One word that says so much....

[Defiant]

Whatever you do, please don’t let Muslims go to Mars. Keep it peaceful.

[I want the USA back]

A$$holes. The process by which Mars lost its atmosphere has not stopped. It is still there. The gases that you plan to put on Mars’ surface will go the way of the previous gases. This should be obvious.
So, pump oxygen/carbon dioxide/nitrogen onto Mars’ surface. Watch it go into space. Wheeeee!
Enough of this crap. The reason why they want to put humans on another planet is to start civilization all over again, this time WITHOUT RELIGION (except for *slam, which will be given privileged status.)

[\/\/ayne]

"The whole core of Mars is ice. The reactor melts it, and it releases the oxygen!"

"So what happens to the inside of Mars after that? Is it just a vacuum? Wouldn't the whole planet collapse?"

"I don't know! Maybe it won't collapse!"

"What about gravity? Even if the planet didn't collapse, it wouldn't have enough density to have much gravity. All the oxygen would just fly off into space."

"Shut up!"

"What about..."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!"

[Tenacious 1]

I enjoy sci-fy articles and creative ideas. But they are funny to us now with technology we currently have.

First, we only need to create a magnetic field to surround Mars that is stronger than Earth’s. And we cannot use Mars’ iron core for this because it’s already dead. We can use inflatable bags that will stay in a synchronous orbit between the sun and Mars at a specific distance from the red planet. Sounds easy.

What in the world is stopping us? LOL.

[JoSixChip]

Space stations are the answer. I’ll take a good’ol death star any day over mars.

[ASOC]

Earth - Mars - Moon size differences

[x]

Yes, but could it bring Spock back to life?

[Jmouse007]

"Weyland Corporation Building Better Worlds"

What could p o s s i b l y go wrong?

[faithhopecharity]

we can terra-form Mars, but we can’t seem to incarcerate SorozNazi, Obammy, and HilLIARy

something doesn’t compute

[Sicon]

We already know how to give Mars an atmosphere...

[tumblindice]

"She was Miss Earth, 2049. I proposed to her in Mars' best restaurant, but she died before finishing her starter. The place had no atmosphere."