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I don't think terraformed Mars around the equator would be like this. I think it would be more like a mild desert or Mediterranean climate.
i suppose its possible, but it would need to be influenced by a large sea or ocean to regulate temperatures more. i seriously doubt Mars would ever have anywhere near the amount of water on the surface as Earth does. therefore it will be much drier, more sand, more haze, and a much thinner atmosphere even at sea level that would resemble a climate more like La Paz, Bolivia than a Mediterranean climate...
it is an entire planet we are talking about so interesting climates could emerge in certain topography like a more humid and mild climate situated in Valles Marineris.
either way the sun just wouldn't be strong enough to see average temps above 20C/68F... so i'm thinking Oceanic Cfc as a best case scenario for Mars assuming there is enough moisture...
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One thing you didn't take into consideration with your climate table... the Martian year is 687 days long (almost twice as long as Earth's). Another thing to keep in mind is that the seasons aren't equal length on Mars as they are on Earth since Mars' orbit has a much larger eccentricity and so the seasons wouldn't be nearly as balanced as they are on Earth. No amount of terraforming can change that. In terms of proposed Martian calendars, there is no agreed upon system yet but this one looks promising:
One thing you didn't take into consideration with your climate table... the Martian year is 687 days long (almost twice as long as Earth's). Another thing to keep in mind is that the seasons aren't equal length on Mars as they are on Earth since Mars' orbit has a much larger eccentricity and so the seasons wouldn't be nearly as balanced as they are on Earth. No amount of terraforming can change that. In terms of proposed Martian calendars, there is no agreed upon system yet but this one looks promising:
Nah. It's all about sucking money out of the government for all these studies.
Mars doesn't have a magnetosphere. And the magnetosphere is the thing that makes life - and reproduction - possible here on earth. Without a magnetosphere to protect us, the forming DNA of a fetus would be shredded. Terraforming of Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But scientists know all that. They just want money to "study" it.
Nah. It's all about sucking money out of the government for all these studies.
Mars doesn't have a magnetosphere. And the magnetosphere is the thing that makes life - and reproduction - possible here on earth. Without a magnetosphere to protect us, the forming DNA of a fetus would be shredded. Terraforming of Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But scientists know all that. They just want money to "study" it.
lol yea your right... and there are probably hundreds of other problems that haven't been discovered yet in terms of terraforming Mars. one can dream though
obviously the most glaring issue would be the lack of magnetic field, without it protecting us on Earth we would all die from cosmic radiation. ugh a pretty terrible death as well. the only life that would be safe is the stuff in the deep caves! and the atmosphere would slowly decay from the bombardment of particles from space (solar wind). that is part of the reason why the atmosphere of Mars is so thin, it may have been more dense millions of years ago.
i do think terraforming Mars is possible (in the sense that anything is possible), but it may require some epic technological advancements before it can be done. maybe we'll need 500 or even 1000 years of advancement before we can tackle a project of that scale...
Also, I think that your vision of a terraformed Mars at the equator would be true at that point where certain parts of Mars are sort of livable, but even those parts are still not ideal for living. However, I think that a completely terraformed Mars would be warmer.
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