Mars Doesn't Need a Magnetic Field

Comets might work best since you want the water more than the rock. You’d need a couple thousand (but if you can do one you can do a thousand) good idea.

Re: Mars Doesn't Need a Magnetic Field

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Thu, Jun 04, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

tim-tday wrote: post #4

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #2

Re: terraforming Mars. How about, crash an icy asteroid into it?

Comets might work best since you want the water more than the rock. You’d need a couple thousand (but if you can do one you can do a thousand) good idea.

Just one big one? Saturn is surrounded by icy asteroids I believe.