Making Mars habitable
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- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 352 (6335) , 489-496
- https://doi.org/10.1038/352489a0
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.Keywords
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