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0 pointsBuyMyBitcoins0y ago0 comments

Then, move the MegaMaid into an orbit around Mars and go from suck to blow. Venus has too much atmosphere, Mars has too little. Win Win.

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moron4hire0y ago

It wouldn't do Mars any good. Lacking a magnetosphere, any atmosphere you add will get stripped away by the Sun.

irrational0y ago

I’ve read that a large asteroid could be positioned at a particular Mars L point and it would protect the planets atmosphere from being stripped by the sun.

andrewflnr0y ago

I've read something similar, but I believe it has to be an asteroid with a magnetic field, whether permanent or electromagnet.

hinkley0y ago

The estimate I heard is it would take 100,000 years for the atmosphere to be stripped off. That’s a long long time.

adrianN0y ago

The atmosphere will be stripped away over a time period of millions of years though.

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