Making Mars habitable

Christopher P. McKay; Owen B. Toon; James F. Kasting

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Making Mars habitable

Christopher P. McKay, Owen B. Toon, James F. Kasting

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	489-496
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature
Volume	352
Issue number	6335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/352489a0
State	Published - 1991

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