![]() ![]() Elon Musk has suggested, for example, that we could terraform Mars by exploding nuclear bombs over its polar caps. There are a few different schools of thought on how-or if-we could heat up Mars’ atmosphere and make it more hospitable to life. With an atmospheric pressure just 0.6% of Earth’s, any surface water would quickly evaporate or freeze, just as NASA’s Phoenix lander saw in 2008. Mars’ atmosphere is far too thin and cold to support liquid water on its surface.
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