If so, this should not preclude us from cleaning up our own planet first!

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    I think it’s unfortunately a bad idea for three main reasons (ignoring any practical issues with the terraforming):

    • the low gravity can’t be changed, and can’t be ignored.
    • the lack of a magnetic field means issues with radiation reaching the surface we’re shielded from
    • the combination of these two would lead to any atmosphere we could create needing regular top ups, as it would be erroding constantly.
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      The magnetic field issue is a biggie, and would have to be addressed before any large-scale colonization efforts could begin, but is hypothetically solvable.

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      Yeah, there have to be better alternatives than terraforming all of Mars if we really want to have large human colonies outside of earth.