{"id":3259,"date":"2018-08-04T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/astronomy-and-planetary-science\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T21:12:00","slug":"nau-planetary-scientist-refutes-terraforming-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/nau-planetary-scientist-refutes-terraforming-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU Planetary Scientist Refutes Terraforming Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christopher Edwards paper in Nature Astronomy was published and resulted in lots of press coverage:<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-018-0529-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inventory of CO2 available for Terraforming Mars<\/a>.&#8221; This article and NAU were mentioned in over 120 nationally and internationally recognized news articles. Such as <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AIRTALK &#8212; a NPR\/KPCC radio show: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scpr.org\/programs\/airtalk\/2018\/08\/01\/63438\/a-mission-to-mars-may-drive-us-crazy--but-if-we-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;A mission to Mars may drive us crazy \u2013 but if we can\u2019t terraform it then does it even matter?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A 5 minute news piece for KJZZ In Phoenix: <a href=\"http:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/679302\/researcher-terraforming-mars-not-cards-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Researcher: Terraforming Mars Not In The Cards Right Now&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The New York Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/30\/science\/mars-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars Is Frigid, Rusty and Haunted. We Can\u2019t Stop Looking at It.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wired Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/co2-terraforming-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sorry, Nerds: Terraforming Might Not Work on Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Quartz Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1345912\/nasa-says-nobody-not-even-elon-musk-can-terraform-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA says nobody\u2014not even Elon Musk\u2014can terraform Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VICE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/qvmzqx\/nasa-says-mars-cant-be-terraformed-with-existing-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sorry Elon: NASA Says Mars Can\u2019t Be Terraformed With Existing Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAU News: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/terraforming-mars\/#.XcCMOEGQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Think twice before moving to Mars\u2014NAU planetary scientist refutes terraforming in NASA study<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NASA Press Release: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/goddard\/2018\/mars-terraforming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Edwards paper in Nature Astronomy was published and resulted in lots of press coverage: &#8220;Inventory of CO2 available for Terraforming Mars.&#8221; This article and NAU were mentioned in over 120 nationally and internationally recognized news articles. 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