July 16th, 2003, 06:38 PM
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Re: OT: Carbon Dioxide races -> known vs unknown -> terraforming mars -> is or is not
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Maybe the pressure could be maintained at one earth atmosphere, with a mix of (say) 70% N2, ~26% O2, ~4% CO2.
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That is dangerously close to a lethal atmosphere. Your colonists would suffer greatly, and casualties would be high.
Drop that CO2 concentration by at least an order or two of magnitude.
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