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[–] 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

And even if it worked (and it would take a LOT of nukes to work) ... well, congrats: now Mars has an atmosphere -- a highly radioactive atmosphere.

Thanks to Mars's lack of a magnetic field, high radiation levels are already a concern. Adding even more radiation into the mix really isn't going to help any of your terraforming goals.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    And that's why we should just drop a few million cockroaches on Mars and let them figure it out! /s

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