How to Give Mars a Magnetic Shield
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An exploration of the idea of giving Mars a magnetic shield to compensate for its lack of a magnetic field for colonization. My Patreon Page:https://www.patr...

Very awesome creator who is in-depth and does great videos on anything space related.

Thought this video on him talking about Mars was interesting. Haven’t heard of the “iron rod” tactic of creating a magnetic field.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I read that the process of atmospheric erosion is so slow that a magnetic field would be more or less unneeded. If you built up a thick enough atmosphere on Mars that it was breathable you would have millions of years before it became untenable again.

    • -6-6-6-OPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yup! It’s more so speed and cost.

      You could make the “Ferro-rod” technique discussed in the video for the absolute cheapest, quickest and it’s entirely possible for us to do now in our current technological development. Plus…what does Martian soil have a lot of?