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Making Mars habitable

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 1991Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 352, pages 489-496 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

Authors: McKay, Christopher P.; Toon, Owen B.; Kasting, James F.;

doi: 10.1038/352489a0

pmid: 11538095

Making Mars habitable

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Abstract

Mars is believed to be lifeless, but it may be possible to transform it into a planet suitable for habitation by plants, and conceivably humans. The success of such an enterprise would depend on the abundance, distribution and form of materials on the planet that could provide carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen.

Related Organizations

Ames Research Center
United States
Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division
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Pennsylvania State University
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States

Keywords

Greenhouse Effect, Extraterrestrial Environment, Atmosphere, Nitrogen, Climate, Mars, Water, Carbon Dioxide, Space Flight, Oxygen, Plant Physiological Phenomena

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