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Are there any even theoretical possibilities that other planets can be made habitable?

Posted on 1/2/23 at 7:56 pm
Posted by Methuselah
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 7:56 pm
For the scientific aficionados out there - Are there any ways under possible future scientific advancements, that planets like Mars or Venus or maybe something like the moon could be altered to provide a life sustaining atmosphere? Or is it a matter of basic things like them not being in the right "goldilocks" zone?
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 7:56 pm to
Habitable by who?
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
8323 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 7:57 pm to
I'll answer for everyone: no
Posted by lesgeaux
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 7:57 pm to
quote:

possible future scientific advancements


Well i mean i guess?????
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 7:59 pm to
There are theoretical ways (adding atmosphere, magnetic fields, etc) but no current technology that makes those ways a reality.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:00 pm to
Think about the speed of innovation.

It’s certainly plausible before we go extinct as a species
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:00 pm to
If years of watching sci-fi shows has taught me anything, terraforming never ends well.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:01 pm to
Mars doesn't have enough of a magnetic field. Which allows solar wind to strip its atmosphere.

Venus is too hot for liquid water to exist, even with the extreme air pressure. So we can't seed it with microbes in hopes of converting the atmosphere.
Posted by Handsome Pete
Member since Apr 2019
1342 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:01 pm to
Sure. Crash a comet into Mars. Comets are ice, instant water. Seed with oxygen producing algae. Profit.
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
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24640 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:01 pm to
Eventually I think yes. I believe Jupiter is as big as it is in order to sustain a larger population whether it’s humans or aliens which may be billions or trillions of years from now.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
20401 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:02 pm to
Guide to Terraforming Planets

quote:

Terraforming Mars: The Popular Choice

Currently, Mars is the best conceivable option for terraforming. It’s close enough to access, (we’ve already landed our technology on Mars, just not ourselves) and has the basic building blocks to potentially become a habitable planet.

But as we’ll learn, utilizing these resources is neither simple nor easy.

Mars is surprisingly similar to Earth in many ways. It once had an atmosphere, so there is a chance that it could have an atmosphere again.

Also, it once had warm, flowing water, and we know there is frozen water on the planet. With the basic building blocks in place (probably), Mars is far and away the popular choice for the first terraforming efforts.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:02 pm to
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:03 pm to
No, it’s dumb.
Posted by Mr Happy
Member since May 2019
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Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:08 pm to
I'm pretty sure that if we found and colonized another planet, soon enough it would be filled with beggars, welfare recipients and Venezuelan migrant pickpocketers.
Posted by MLSter
Member since Feb 2013
3973 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:12 pm to
Such a dumb thread.

We can’t even get to the moon.

The real questions you should be asking is who’s theory of gravity is correct ( Einstein and the curving of space time; newton and “attraction”) then ask how either one fits in with quantum mechanics.

But if you can’t come to grips with us not landing on the moon first ask yourself how we “lost the technology and haven’t been able to get it back”

Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
19734 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:16 pm to
In our solar system? No

In others? Sure
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
11811 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:16 pm to
Yeah but you gotta use protomatter.
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29453 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 8:24 pm to
quote:

Are there any even theoretical possibilities that other planets can be made habitable?

One day we'll be able to download our consciousness into a computer. Then we'll send these computers into space headed for the nearest habitable solar system. As we leave our solar system the computers will shut down to conserve power.

But when the sunlight from the new solar system hits our solar panels we will wake up and continue our existence.
Posted by Turf Taint
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2021
6010 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 9:08 pm to
Theoretically, I can get along with my MIL.

So, habitable planets…certainly.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
15346 posts
Posted on 1/2/23 at 9:17 pm to
We apparently can't control the climate here. How are we going to do it there?
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