Thread: NASA attempts a return to Mars tonight
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Old 01-25-2004, 21:13 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Trooth
I know i am being a pedant ehre. But Mars does have an atmosphere, albeit a very thin one. Unless you are a fan of CO2 .

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mars.htm

But you make a valid point, some things can't be overcome due to the laws of physics.
By atmosphere I'm referring to something resembling Earth's atmosphere. Of course Mars has some atmosphere, but what we would need to live there would be enough atmospheric pressure to keep the nitrogen is our blood dissolved. Mars isn't capable of holding enough atmospheric gas to keep that kind of pressure.
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