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New Mars; Mars with an artificial magnetosphere
Topic Started: Oct 28 2008, 08:19 PM (450 Views)
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

Here's an interesting thought experiment:

Say that humans developed time travel and the ability to produce strong, artificial magnets. They travel back to the time when Mars loses its magnetosphere. They create an artificial magnetosphere, which prevents Mars from having its atmosphere boiled away.

Now, say the magnetosphere was put into place 4 1/2 billion years ago. Let's also say that it was given a lifespan of 5 billion years.

Now, let's leave Mars to its own devices. If Mars developed life at the same time as Earth, what would Martian life look like today?
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