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The part that I've been asking myself for years, is how do you create an atmosphere without (or almost without, can't remember) a magnetic field. Is it possible

The part that I've been asking myself for years, is how do you create an atmosphere without (or almost without, can't remember) a magnetic field. Is it possible or we would have to generate one?

nordsieck 8y ago
> Is it possible or we would have to generate one? The most promising plan I've heard of is to create one using a satellite between Mars and the Sun. https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmosphere.html https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmo...
_rpd 8y ago
> While it is true that the solar wind has stripped Mars of much of its original atmosphere (due to the lack of the planet's magnetic field), and that any man-made atmosphere on Mars would eventually be dissipated by the solar wind - the speed at which this occurs is measured over geological time frames - on the scale of tens, if not hundreds of millions of years. If humanity were to create an artificial, life-conducive atmosphere on Mars, any atmospheric output due to economic activity (CO2 + other gases) would easily exceed any atmospheric losses. Thus, the atmosphere would be stable. From ... https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceX/wiki/faq/mars#wiki_what_will_colonists_do_to_stop_mars.27_terraformed_atmosphere_being_lost_to_the_solar_wind.3F https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceX/wiki/faq/mars#wiki_what_will...