Tim Dodd

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6,277 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2023 last heard 9 Feb

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You could theoretically speed up terraforming Mars by...

Yeah, like nuking the poles, basically.

Now, there is a conspiracy theory for you.

Well, it's already quite irradiated at this point, and there's very little of it.

It's only about 1% as thick as Earth.

And Mars, the biggest problem with Mars is it doesn't have a strong magnetosphere, so it receives a lot of solar radiation.

So on the surface of Mars, you're receiving less solar radiation because you're further away.

So you receive about one, I think it's about a quarter of the amount of solar radiation.

Because it's colder.

Right.

Okay.

I think it's 1.6 AU.

So I think it's either that or it's two.

Yep.

And Mercury even closer to the sun.

And Mercury's even closer.

Right, right, right.

So it has less atmosphere, but it also receives less solar radiation than Earth does.

But the surface of Earth, we have a magnetosphere.

We have the atmosphere that helps.

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