The idea of colonizing Mars has just become more real as NASA have suggested launching a huge magnetic shield in space in order to restore the Red Planet’s atmosphere. This new magnetic shield would be able to protect Mars from fierce solar winds and might also be able to completely transform the Martian environment so that it would no longer be the dry planet it is today and would have liquid water in abundance.
When people think of Mars, oftentimes the image that is conjured is one of a barren, rocky planet, similar to Tatooine in Star Wars . However, at one point in time, Mars had a thick atmosphere, which means that there may have been liquid water oceans on the Red Planet coupled with a more comfortable temperature.
Scientists now believe that liquid water and a suitable temperature were lost billions of years ago with the collapse of the Red Planet’s magnetic field. Solar wind has only been exacerbating the problem and has helped to contribute to the demise of the atmosphere on Mars.
NASA’s solution to colonizing Mars has come through simulations the agency has run, which show that if a magnetic shield was launched and was used in place of Mars’s magnetosphere, which is now gone, this magnetic shield may be able to help the Red Planet get its back once again, as Science Alert report.
NASA presented their latest with regard to launching a magnetic shield in space over Mars at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Worship which was held last week. They explained what would happen if Mars had a thicker atmosphere and how it could make the Red Planet habitable.
When people think of Mars, oftentimes the image that is conjured is one of a barren, rocky planet, similar to Tatooine in Star Wars . However, at one point in time, Mars had a thick atmosphere, which means that there may have been liquid water oceans on the Red Planet coupled with a more comfortable temperature.
Scientists now believe that liquid water and a suitable temperature were lost billions of years ago with the collapse of the Red Planet’s magnetic field. Solar wind has only been exacerbating the problem and has helped to contribute to the demise of the atmosphere on Mars.
NASA’s solution to colonizing Mars has come through simulations the agency has run, which show that if a magnetic shield was launched and was used in place of Mars’s magnetosphere, which is now gone, this magnetic shield may be able to help the Red Planet get its back once again, as Science Alert report.
NASA presented their latest with regard to launching a magnetic shield in space over Mars at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Worship which was held last week. They explained what would happen if Mars had a thicker atmosphere and how it could make the Red Planet habitable.
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