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After a while, the AI ​​academic assistant sorted out the documents related to the transformation of Mars and sent them over.

In the printing room, the sound of printing rang out quickly. After waiting for a few minutes, the assistant walked in quickly with a stack of freshly baked and hot documents.

"Academician Xu, Academician Chang."

After greeting respectfully, the assistant put the documents on the table: "This is the document that was just printed."

With some curiosity, Academician Chang Huaxiang picked up a transformation report from the table and read it.

The document sent by Xu Chuan was not a transformation report manual, but a report that recorded various data and information on Mars in detail.

From the meager atmospheric content and element ratio to the geological environment on the surface of Mars, the carbon dioxide, dry ice, solid ice, and water resources contained in the soil, to the scanned structure of the mantle and core of Mars, etc.

This document is no exaggeration to say that it is the most detailed Mars data he has ever seen.

Of course, this is not the focus of the Mars transformation report.

The focus is on the problems that may be encountered in the process of transforming Mars listed in this document, as well as some feasible means and theories.

For example, temperature.

The extremely cold environment of Mars is the main obstacle to terraforming.

Because it is farther from the sun than the earth, and the thinner atmosphere on the surface of Mars makes it difficult to absorb and store a large amount of radiation from the star, the average surface temperature is minus 65 degrees Celsius.

This temperature is far below the temperature of liquid water, which means that there is almost no water on the surface of Mars under normal circumstances.

In response to this problem, Xu Chuan proposed several theoretically feasible solutions in the document, at least at the current level of technology.

For example, the most common method to increase the temperature is the "increase greenhouse gas" solution.

As we all know, on Earth, greenhouse gases can retain heat by absorbing and releasing infrared radiation, so that the ecological environment on Earth can maintain a temperature suitable for the survival and development of life.

Since the industrialization of mankind, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide released by a large number of industrial activities have raised the temperature of the earth by at least 3-5 degrees Celsius compared to the 19th century.

The temperature in cities is much higher than that in rural areas. In addition to the various problems caused by the urban heat island effect, high concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are also the cause of the temperature increase.

Last year, Xinghai Research Institute and Jinling government jointly launched the "Super City Renovation Project" in the city. The project aims to build a city suitable for human habitation by deploying porous liquefied DAC carbon dioxide collectors on 100-meter-high buildings to reduce the carbon dioxide concentration in the city center and promote the flow of air to a certain extent. The core of the project is to reduce greenhouse gases in the city center.

However, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide that need to be reduced on Earth will increase in the process of transformation on Mars.

Some people may say that if this is the case, why not just collect carbon dioxide on Earth and transport it to Mars?

In theory, this is indeed a feasible solution.

However, to transform a planet, even if the diameter of Mars is only about 6,800 kilometers, about half of that of the Earth, the amount of atmosphere required is still a terrifying number that is unimaginable for ordinary people.

The total mass of the Earth's atmosphere exceeds 600 trillion tons, and if you want to cover Mars with atmosphere, even if you consider the thickness that can be constrained by Mars' own gravity and magnetic field, the required atmosphere is at least 200 trillion tons.

Transferring the atmosphere from other planets to Mars to form an atmosphere is almost impossible with modern technology.

Based on this, in his report on the transformation of Mars, Xu Chuan proposed several other different solutions and methods.

For example, the most core one is to stimulate the dense carbon dioxide, methane and water resources (water vapor) contained in the Martian soil to enhance the surface atmosphere of Mars.

On Earth, these three gases are the most common greenhouse gases, each of which can absorb and release infrared radiation to increase the temperature.

Then put them on Mars, these gases can also play a similar role on Mars.

Although the atmosphere of Mars itself is very weak, only about one percent of that of the Earth. But according to their exploration on Mars during this period, the soil of Mars contains a large amount of carbon dioxide and water resources from ancient times.

If we can find a way to stimulate the atmosphere in the surface soil of Mars, theoretically, it can completely make up for the scarcity of the Martian atmosphere to a certain extent.

And how to stimulate greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor in the surface soil of Mars is the biggest problem.

After all, for current humans, a planet, even a relatively small planet like Mars in the solar system, is so large that it is almost impossible to shake it with current technology.

Of course, if we really want to talk about ways, there are ways.

For example, nuclear weapons!

As early as 2015, Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, proposed a radical idea.

That is, by detonating nuclear weapons over the North and South Poles of Mars, the high temperature generated by the nuclear bombs will melt the solid glaciers at the North and South Poles of Mars to release a large amount of greenhouse gases, thereby rapidly raising the surface temperature of Mars.

Although this idea is theoretically feasible, its practical difficulty and potential ecological risks make it a controversial plan.

But Xu Chuan's idea is more radical.

That's right!

In the plan to transform the atmosphere of Mars, the second option is to use large-scale nuclear weapons to carry out a comprehensive saturation attack on the surface of Mars.

Of course, in this plan, even the coverage attack requires a location and needs to be explored.

For example, the North and South Poles, places with a large amount of adsorbent clay, former marine relics, and other places with a large amount of deposited carbon dioxide and water resources are the key targets.

Blast these places, and stimulate the carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor in the Martian soil through the high temperature and high pressure generated by the nuclear explosion.

In addition, the shock wave generated by the nuclear bomb will also lift the soil, forming a thick layer of dust on the surface of Mars.

These dusts that cover the sky and the sun will spread throughout the planet with the Martian storm, thereby quickly raising the temperature of the Martian surface in a short period of time.

In theory, this is indeed one of the feasible options.

And whether it is feasible, they can also conduct a "nuclear test" by finding a surface of Mars full of carbon dioxide, by detonating one or several nuclear bombs, to test how many tons of gas and dust can be stimulated after the explosion, how large the impact range is, etc.

A preliminary experiment is enough to give them a lot of data to determine whether this paper is feasible, etc.

The only problem is that it requires a large increase in the current nuclear weapons reserves of mankind.

With the current number of nuclear bombs in various countries, even if all of them are pushed to the surface of Mars, it is just a scrape on Mars.

Of course, this is the second option.

In this report, the first option to transform the atmosphere of Mars is far more radical than the second option.

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