Editing Terraforming Mars: Engineering a Second Earth (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Terraforming''' — (Jack Williamson, 1942). The "Hypothetical Process" of "Deliberately Modifying" a "Planet's Atmosphere," "Temperature," "Topography," or "Ecology" to "Make" it "Habitable" for "Humans."
* '''Mars''' — The "Fourth Planet": "Current Conditions" include "Atmospheric Pressure" at **0.6%** of "Earth's," "Average Temperature" at **−60°C**, "No Liquid Water," and "No Magnetic Field."
* '''Greenhouse Warming''' — (See Article 228). "The Primary" "Terraforming Strategy": "Releasing" **"Greenhouse Gases"** (CO₂, CFC) to "Thicken" the "Atmosphere" and "Trap" "Solar Energy."
* '''Magnetospheric Shield''' — The "Hypothetical" "Artificial Magnetic Field" (e.g. 'from a Station at Mars L1') that "Would" "Protect" a "Terraformed Mars" from "Solar Wind Erosion."
* '''Regolith''' — The "Layer" of "Loose Rocks and Soil" on "Mars": "Contains" "Perchlorates" (Toxic) but "Also" "Trapped CO₂ and Water Ice."
* '''MOXIE''' (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) — A "NASA Device" on "Perseverance" that "Successfully Converted" "Martian CO₂" into "O₂" (2021).
* '''Ecopoiesis''' — "The First Stage" of "Terraforming": "Seeding" "Mars" with "Extremophile Organisms" to "Begin" "Building" a "Biosphere."
* '''Orbital Mirrors''' — "Giant" "Reflective Structures" in "Mars Orbit" that "Concentrate" "Sunlight" to "Warm" "Polar Ice Caps" and "Release" "CO₂."
* '''The Terraforming Timescale''' — "Estimates" range from **200 years** (Optimistic) to **100,000 years** (Geological processes) for "Full Habitability."
* '''Kim Stanley Robinson''' — "The Author" of the ''Mars Trilogy'' (Red, Green, Blue Mars): "The Most" "Detailed" "Fictional Account" of **Terraforming** ever "Written."
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