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		ben_w on April 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbi... Mars’ magnetosphere is something we could fix with known tech if we cared to. Expensive, but we could. Lack of water, low atmosphere, they’re a bit further out of our range. Fixing the lower level of sunlight is way out of our current league.

fnord77 on April 28, 2021 [–]

shading Venus from too much sunlight would be easier than fixing Mars' low level of sunlight.

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