Robin D. Wordsworth

1 month ago | nature.com | Erika DeBenedictis |Edwin Kite |Robin D. Wordsworth |Nina Lanza |Ramses M. Ramirez |John Cumbers | +1 more

AbstractTerraforming Mars has long captured the imagination but has received surprisingly little rigorous study. Progress in Mars science, climate science, launch capabilities and bioscience motivates a fresh look at Mars terraforming research. Since Sagan’s time, it has been understood that terraforming Mars would involve warming to enable oxygenic photosynthesis by engineered microbes, followed by slow oxygen build-up enabling more complex life.