07-07-2017, 07:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-07-2017, 05:49 PM by stevebowers.)
The process of terraforming Mars in OA takes several thousand years, and the end result would be toxic to an unaltered human. The flora and fauna on Mars in the 11th millennium almost completely consists of genetically altered organisms that can tolerate high levels of greenhouse gases, including high levels of carbon dioxide.
Early attempts at terraforming Mars would include organisms capable of tolerating and metabolising perclorates, but I expect that the earliest biomes on that planet would smell of bleach.
Restarting the core rotation of a planet to create a long-lasting 'natural' magnetosphere is not beyond OA technology, but it is rarely used, since it requires much more energy than creating an artificial magnetosphere - and also there is a risk of extreme and violent geological activity on the planet's surface.
Early attempts at terraforming Mars would include organisms capable of tolerating and metabolising perclorates, but I expect that the earliest biomes on that planet would smell of bleach.
Restarting the core rotation of a planet to create a long-lasting 'natural' magnetosphere is not beyond OA technology, but it is rarely used, since it requires much more energy than creating an artificial magnetosphere - and also there is a risk of extreme and violent geological activity on the planet's surface.