What temperature would Mars be with an atmosphere?

Mariner 4, which flew by Mars on July 14, 1965, found that Mars has an atmospheric pressure of only 1 to 2 percent of the Earth’s. Temperatures on Mars average about -81 degrees F. However, temperature’s range from around -220 degrees F. in the wintertime at the poles, to +70 degrees F.

What would Mars look like with an atmosphere?

Mars’ atmosphere however is 95\% carbon dioxide, 3\% nitrogen, 1.6\% argon, and it has traces of oxygen, carbon monoxide, water, methane, and other gases, along with a lot of dust. Dust hanging in the air colors Martian skies tan in photos taken from the surface. Relative to Earth, the air on Mars is extremely thin.

Could we Nuke Mars to make it a home for humans?

Elon Musk of SpaceX seems to think that nuking Mars might be one of the best and quickest options to make it a place where humans could live. The idea is that we would explode thermonuclear bombs in the sky over the planet’s two poles. This would heat up the ice caps, and release carbon dioxide and water from the poles.

Can We warm up Mars’s atmosphere?

But while you could try to use carbon dioxide to warm up the atmosphere, the amount already existing on Mars is poisonous, making the environment potentially plant-friendly, but not suitable for animals, Toon said. NASA was a little more coy about Musk’s idea.

How will Elon Musk heat up Mars?

By blasting both poles of Mars with pulsing nuclear missiles, Musk wants to make tiny artificial suns that will warm the planet and induce an Earthlike atmosphere. This content is imported from YouTube.

Could nuclear weapons be used to destroy Mars?

Right now, Mars seems like a dry, dead planet. But its polar ice caps contain about equal parts water and carbon dioxide. Nuclear weapons could be used to vaporize them, releasing those materials into the atmosphere.