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The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

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Polish researcher proposes how to convert Mars into a place where humans can walk without spacesuits.

Leszek Czechowski suggests bombarding it with asteroids from the far reaches of the solar system.

A large asteroid would be launched directly at Hellas Planitia , a huge impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars .

The impact of a sizable asteroid would cause Mars to heat up while also causing its atmosphere to thicken.

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semi-formal

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English

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