Should We Nuke Mars?

In this video, we explore the idea of nuking Mars to turn it into Earth 2.0, and we delve into other, potentially better, ways to do so.
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[@AlperenBozkurt-tx2bx]

For every pushup this like gets, i will do one comment.

[@Cosmoknowledge]

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[@Not_Interested93]

Where’s my comment?!

[@Foldupfiber71669]

@@Not_Interested93💀

[@Pan4bro]

huhhhh

[@AlperenBozkurt-tx2bx]

@@Not_Interested93 here it is

[@BrotherMichaeloftheCross]

What happened to the OLD atmostphere? Lack of a magnetic field allowed the atmostphere to be stripped away by solar wind. If that is not remedied, it is doomed from the start.

[@diamondjim7560]

THIS is exactly true. Melting the polar ice caps won’t do anything other than losing more water. Unless some genius can figure out how the recreate a fluid iron mantel around Mars’ iron core to create an electromagnetic shield, Mars will always be a dead planet globally. Super reinforced bio-domed roofs (to protect from asteroids) would be the only way in the foreseeable future that Mars could be colonized. On the other hand Venus still has an active shield. Removing the immense concentration of CO2 and Sulfur might be possible in some advanced future.

[@martinsz441]

yes but the solar wind will do that over millions of years, short term nothing significant would happen

[@johnorfanos6287]

@@martinsz441 regardless, there would still be massive amounts of radiation penetrating the atmosphere with such a weak magnetic field. That coupled with the radiation from the nuclear fallout, would make conditions beyond unsuitable for life. As unrealistic as it is, we have a better chance of cooling down venus than nuking mars to create a liveable surface temperature!

[@scottmcintosh4397]

It can't be remedied. Without a molten iron core, Mars will NEVER be able to support an atmosphere on its own without continuous, artificial Terraforming, for the life of the solar system & Humanity. ⚠️ No molten iron core = no magnetic field = no atmosphere ‼️‼️ No further explanation necessary 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🌌🔭

[@johnorfanos6287]

Even if it works, it would be short lived. Mars has a very weak magnetic field, so solar winds would simply blow the atmosphere into space.

[@RaisedxFist]

And all those planet-wide dust storms won't help.

[@zayln7231]

@@RaisedxFist those storms arent very powerful, and if an atmosphere were to be created successfully it would change the wind and heat circulation of the planet. maybe Mars-tornadoes could become a thing..

[@ralphclark]

I think that takes a very long time

[@LeonardoosaildasilvaLeozinho]

​@@zayln7231 PHASE 1: CREATE A ATMOSPHERE PHASE 2: CREATE A MAGNETIC FIELD PHASE 3: EVAPORATE THE ICE CAPS TO MAKE RAINS THAT MAKE LAKES AND RIVERS PHASE 4: CREATE FORESTS

[@robloxgrayson2460]

why not just build an artificial magnetic field?

[@johndd9140]

It would be cheaper, safer, and quicker, if we just built habitable domes. Terraforming an entire planet is just too far and advanced for our current technology - we are already making a nice mess with this planet which is getting harder to fix by the day! 🤯

[@walterjennings767]

Some ways dome cities would be better anyway because they would be climate controlled and if they are climate controlled you could create climate theme cities such as winter paradise where it stays around 30 degrees Fahrenheit with snow fall all year round, summer paradise where the temperature is around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, or you could have a spring/fall type climate where the temperature is around 55 degrees Fahrenheit, climate theme cities could bring in tourism to the cities.

[@mervstash3692]

or.... maybe just don't go at all & send some rovers.......

[@jameshoefling6255]

Isn't it all just a waste of time since Mars's magnetic field is crap to non existent and the sun would just fry everything anyway?

[@Cosmoknowledge]

There are many obstacles along the way but further technological advancements will be the cure to any obstacle.

[@user-oh9bw1xx5m]

Besides mars is half the size of earth 🌎 therefore it has less gravity.

[@coyoteblue4027]

Yeah but isnt the solution to that literally also just nukes? Like if you're already sending nukes for the atmosphere, whats a few more to jump start the core?

[@user-oh9bw1xx5m]

@coyoteblue4027 Well, try to get to the core first.

[@coyoteblue4027]

@@user-oh9bw1xx5m eeeeeasy. Just tell the US state department there's oil in there. They'll make a hole.

[@jacobforrester9827]

If it's Elon Musk's idea, it's bound to have a ton of logical holes and built-in backfires.

[@tomato-ir9xs]

The idiot can't even run a social media.

[@Barba72Simon]

I don't think nuking Mars is worth it honestly, because based on what I saw somewhere else, things could go horribly wrong. 🙄

[@Cosmoknowledge]

Well, the reality is that things could always go horribly wrong whatever path we take.

[@Barba72Simon]

@@Cosmoknowledge good point

[@cyberwolf6667]

Nuking mars has nothing to do with worth, it’s just a stupid idea, so many better ways of doing it that would need us to create more nuclear material here on earth to then deploy it on rockets that have yet to be perfected. We need to advance our technology , so building on Mars is a good idea, but not trying to terraform, let’s clean up Earth first

[@edgbarra]

​@@Cosmoknowledgesome things are much more likely to go wrong than others. I'm glad people are talking more about this tho

[@mervstash3692]

@@Cosmoknowledge are you trying to win Miss Universe with that speech?

[@mackaybeagles6541]

I LOVE that Ravon narrated this!!!

[@Cosmoknowledge]

We love him as well ❤️

[@WillGro502]

I think we should send one nuke to each pole, but one of the weaker ones, put mirrors on the poles to potentially melt them, and use genetic modification to create organisms that could survive, starting with simple things like single celled organisms, then moving on to slightly more complex, and eventually making plants and things. Them bring in oxygen and water from earth

[@TheeSlickShady]

Excellent video 🏆

[@Cosmoknowledge]

Thank you! 👍❤️

[@upcomingvillain]

How do we keep the new atmosphere should we get it without the solar winds destroying it?

[@edgbarra]

That's the neat thing, we don't

[@Lexy-O]

Low gravity plus dust equals nuclear winter…

[@autumnwind4741]

It would be better to find ways to heat the core so Mars can have a strong magnetic field rather than nuking it to have an atmosphere which in no time the atmosphere will be stripped away by Solar Winds due to a weak magnetic field of Mars

[@boscoyuen8970]

Make an magnetic field and nuke it

[@trevormcintosh5564]

The giant hamster gets a baby brother.. He takes all his food... Leaves them both in destitute Destabilizing the entire gas stream across all planets

[@tszkikan331]

What... this is telling you when you use a nuclear bomb as weapon. This is how the planet ended..... Why are you guys thinking this in a complicated way.... So simple

[@Dracheplayz]

Give mars the freedom it needs

[@fjc633]

That's why aliens look at humans as caveman... "I doesn't work captain" "Let's nuke it" "There's no more milk" and I already put the cereal in the bowl "Let's nuke it " "The grass won't grow" "Let's nuke it" "The front lawn needs trimming" Need I say "The baby's diaper is soiled" 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@isaactamplin8905]

Consider this: there is another species terraforming our planet, by using us as their tools, albeit it seems like a slow transformation, It's according to their plans, just like terraforming Mars would take hundreds of years, possibly thousands, so to us terraforming the planet for this other invisible beings that influence us in multiple different ways. But this process by influencing the inhabitants of a planet you want to terraform is much quicker. Interesting.

[@RaisedxFist]

I always get a kick out of this topic/subject😆🤣😅😅

[@PaleoVirus]

Get Bruce Willis on the line.

[@PaleoVirus]

Oh. Forgot the bloke has dementia.

[@Cosmoknowledge]

😂

[@ralphclark]

De-orbit some icy asteroids or comets and smack them onto Mars' surface. Build the atmosphere much faster that way.

[@dawnmrodgers]

If they did manage to raise the temperature, the ice would melt, but then may evaporate and be lost to space, losing all the water on the planet

[@ketsuno23]

atmosphere?

[@DoodleJG]

What about lasers? i heard that would be one of the best ways.

[@robloxgrayson2460]

Why not build a space laser to melt the entire surface instead?

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Already been done, about 65 million years ago.

[@annemaria5126]

Never just agree to Musks ideas! He might be briljant, he is also chaotic, never stays long by his inventions but like a tornado he runs off and never looks back. Allways directed to another problem in the need of his salvation.

[@astrotine.]

This could actually work to decrease radiation and heat, but water is a lil too hard to exist

[@Toosii2times]

lmao elon musk is in no way the brain behind space x and tesla i was just about to subscribe to this channel too

[@Foldupfiber71669]

POV: it goes off on the rocket

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

If you melt the poles it might increase temperatures in the short term but wouldn’t the cold and lack of magnetic field just refreeze it? I think the asteroid method would be more effective and have potential to deliver water as a bonus.

[@mervstash3692]

Ice can't turn into water on Mars. So it doesn't really matter

[@joaoborgesrodriguesalves6554]

you cant just shoot a hole into the surface of mars

[@balaaraja5408]

Avoid neuro link concentrate mars project

[@parksy70]

No we don’t need to destroy another planet

[@Cosmoknowledge]

What if it's already destroyed and we're trying to fix it again?

[@deshaughnmolette9205]

We need to expand the human race to other worlds in order for us to survive, survival of the fittest

[@ronaldkemp3952]

No.

[@Cosmoknowledge]

Okay. 😄

[@sdHansy]

Yeah, can't stand Mars

[@Cosmoknowledge]

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[@JimJones-zc9mk]

If we start nuking Mars we won't have any nukes left on earth, has anyone thought this through? We won't be able to nuke an enemy here on earth.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Cosmoknowledge]

😂❤️

[@MarcelinoDanielsson-le4mz]

Earth first.

[@ralphclark]

Grrr! FREE MARS!

[@annemaria5126]

Why should we do anything? Let robots run the place.

[@Asanali008]

I know

[@UMAICHANNEL-vo6go]

Nu

[@Asanali008]

😮

[@jcsjcs9777]

Yeah let him spend it with his billions not our tax dollars. We have so many problems on Earth and our country especially with our infrastructure and roads. By the way Mars has no hope of life with its thin atmosphere. His EV vehicles are failing and prices of his Tesla’s are tanking.

[@jamesbarry1673]

Without oxygen, they'll be no explosion

[@osalotioman]

😂 That's not how nukes work.

[@morgangallowglass8668]

Eh, why not.

[@Cosmoknowledge]

😄

[@user-mo9po4ly2z]

MO

[@SpaceLlama89]

What's the point? Mars is a dead planet.

[@Cosmoknowledge]

Exactly.

[@deshaughnmolette9205]

Mars is still alive, its core is still molten, even without a magnetic field and it has bodies of water under the surface of Mars

[@SpaceLlama89]

@@deshaughnmolette9205 I looked it up, you're right, it indeed has a molten core.

[@ralphclark]

@@deshaughnmolette9205Spool it up!

[@mervstash3692]

@@deshaughnmolette9205 the liquid core is tiny. Most of it is solid. Literally impossible to heat up unfortunately. Even with Elon's stupid million nukes idea

[@Jamie-dt2vf7dsa8]

ewu voice?

[@AmateurHistorian999]

Can we take a breath before we fuck up another planet? Because we've done sooo well with ours.

[@mervstash3692]

This has been debunked to death. Do at least 2 minutes of research next time

[@kayla58980]

?

[@mervstash3692]

@@kayla58980 you can't read the title of the video?

[@barrymaaslow3480]

And what the fvck does Scam-man of the century, Elon Musk know about teraforming? LoL! Puhlease.

[@Cosmoknowledge]

❤️

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

At what point did your masters tell you to switch from loving Musk to hating him?

[@mervstash3692]

@@user-xk4vt9ye8j "masters" lol WTF? You OK there champ?

[@ketsuno23]

neuralink, starlink, tesla? scam-man? then there is obviously someone who contributed better to humanity, tell me who. If you're up to date with the newest technologies that his companies made so far and still say that,just because of some political views, then thats petty

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

@@mervstash3692 You still didn’t answer the question, why the switch from loving Musk to hating him except he took away the ability for the government and leftist activists to censor their opponents? The switch was so sudden that someone must be calling the shots.

[@raysullya.k.amassholehead817]

Yes

[@Cosmoknowledge]

🚀😎

[@cliccaRoblox]

No