Floated by Carl Sagan in the 1970s, terraforming Mars has been relegated to the pages of science fiction. But could it work?

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Zach Weinersmith is the cartoonist of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He also writes popular science books with his wife Kelly, including the recent book A City on Mars. He illustrated ...

However, the Space Station is at an altitude of 250 miles, just half a day’s “drive” straight up. Mars is up to a million times farther away. The challenges start with stubborn physics.

Mars is significantly smaller than Earth, with a diameter about half that of Earth and a mass one-tenth in size. A day on Mars is about the same amount of time as on Earth, lasting 24.6 hours. Mars ...

During its 10-day flyby ... we have humans in space," says Dr Kelly Weinersmith, a biologist at Rice University, Texas and co-author of A City on Mars. "It seems to have been agreed upon as ...

Tzanetos added that Ingenuity has around 20 years' worth of onboard storage remaining, meaning it can keep taking measurements and images every Martian sol (a solar day on Mars). But there may be ...

And Mars is essentially one hazard after another. The mantra of the team: Keep the rover safe. Ensure that whatever happens, Perseverance can drive another day. “There’s no AAA for Mars ...

cartoon artist Zach Weinersmith, detail in their painstakingly researched 2023 book "A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?" ...

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