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Terraforming Mars

Capt'n Midnight · 2006-09-25 00:16:14

so it would be easy enough to create an areosynchronous beanstalk from the material in the two moons, question is, is there enough material left over, if shaped correctly, to create a very deep hole if you dropped a moon on the surface ? the atmosphere of mars is too thin for use to go out with out pressure suits, but the…

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so it would be easy enough to create an areosynchronous beanstalk from the material in the two moons,

question is, is there enough material left over, if shaped correctly, to create a very deep hole if you dropped a moon on the surface ?

the atmosphere of mars is too thin for use to go out with out pressure suits, but the lower gravity would all gelogical structures to be taller than here (olympus mons etc.) and a deep enough pit would have enough pressure to allow breathing masks and liquid water.

or you could use an asteroid, driven by mass driver / solar sail

The average thickness of the planet's crust is about 50 km, and it is no thicker than 125 km

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