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user-inactivated  ·  3020 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: One Star Over, There Might be Another Earth

If I've learned anything, it's that to restore Mars' magnetic field, we need to restart it's core. A well placed atomic bomb should do the trick.





user-inactivated  ·  3019 days ago  ·  link  ·  

no no no no OH hell no. we can do better. Place a ring of super conductive magnets at about 80° north and south, cool them, run some current through them and BOOM magnetic field. then start melting the ices or even better, get some 10-20 mile wide asteroids and gently land them on Mars to pump up the atmosphere and create a hydrosphere.

If we are gonna go big or go home, Let's go REALLY big!

user-inactivated  ·  3019 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ugh! That sounds like work! Are you sure we can't just blow something up and call it a day?

am_Unition  ·  3019 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think francopoli has seen "The Core", which was a good choice on his part.

user-inactivated  ·  3019 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think it's a movie he should see. It, along with Armageddon and Sunshine, probably lay out the blueprints for how to best save this planet from utter destruction. In short, if there's ever any doubt, nuclear bombs are the answer.