Why Nukes Can't Terraform Mars - Pack Less Punch Than A Comet Collision

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 03:50 in Astronomy & Space

This story has recently hit the news. I think it is reasonably clear he was not putting forward a serious worked out future plan for Mars. But is there any potential in the idea? He talks about it here at 2 minutes in to this video. He just says "The fast way is to drop thermonuclear weapons on the poles":  read more

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