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3. I thought we used to explode nukes above ground all the time. Mars probably gets more

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 11:07 AM

Sep 2015

radiation because its thin atmosphere than the radiation that would fall to the surface.

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Wow shenmue Sep 2015 #1

It's what we do best. abelenkpe Sep 2015 #2

Radioactive carbon-14 from nuclear tests was skyrocketing bananas Sep 2015 #8

We as a species should be working on colonizing the solar system. aidbo Sep 2015 #6

Oh that's it - we should inhabit and then destroy another planet. DiehardLiberal Sep 2015 #7

I agree that protecting/restoring this one could be cheap and fast...if... Peace Patriot Sep 2015 #9

Didn't Mars lose its atmosphere for a reason? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2015 #10

Also, no magnetosphere friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #13

Or they could simply use giant mylar reflectors in orbit NorthCarolina Sep 2015 #11

That misrepresents Musk's full answer to Colbert. greyl Sep 2015 #12

Wouldn't it make more sense to colonize the moon first? Maxinedaily Sep 2015 #14

Moon first vs. Mars first - There are pros and cons to both. bananas Sep 2015 #16

I'm taking Elon much less seriously now m night shanahan Sep 2015 #15

He tweeted that he doesn't want to do that bananas Sep 2015 #17

The United States is unable to launch a manned space vehicle. unhappycamper Sep 2015 #18