Uh yeah. It isn't like gas dynamics is an unknown field. Or how magnetic fields and the solar wind interact. Or how gravity works. Or any number of things. We have formulated a list of things we need details on an that satellite was built to fill in those details.
Now sure, the models may be off by some. It may take a few 10s of millions of years more or less to lose that much atmosphere. But it isn't going to happen in decades. Or 100s of millenia. But, even 10s of thousands of years would be enough time to compensate for atmosphere loss.
And on top of that, you think you can terraform the planet's surface and atmosphere and create something as incredibly complex as Earth's?
And the straw man strides out onto the field! The crowd goes wild!
You are nothing if not consistent. Where did I saw anything about as complex as Earth's? Or even breathable? The atmosphere is going to be predominately CO2. Even if you got the partial pressure of oxygen high enough, the CO2 will kill you. Dead. Even so, a thicker atmosphere is a very useful thing. It makes it warmer. Oh, not South of France warm, it would still be cold. But not as cold. Get your gas mixture right and UV is not as big of a problem. It tends to degrade things organic and there are a lot of uses for plastic outside. liquid water in at least some places would be nice. Ditto reduced radiation, although not Earth level, every little bit counts.
I know you think you're smarter than everyone else, but it'll take more than your intellectual arrogance to do what God did in six days ...
Oh my.
That's your argument? That we would be playing God? And that is a Very Bad Thing?
Realty check, Tenchu. We have been playing God for a while now. When our last common ancestor with the chimpanzees decided to make a living on the African plains while the chimp ancestor picked the easier life among the trees, we changed our evolution. Ever see a chimp throw something? They throw like girls. We have a shoulder with greater range and we can store energy in tendons to increase the power. So we could hunt by throwing rocks at small animals. With more protein in our diet, we could support bigger brains. Eventually our ancestors figured out how to cook. Now cooked food is not only softer and easier to chew, more nutrients are made available. Again, if you watch chimps, they forage all day long just to get enough nutrition to live. Cooking allows the same amount of nutrition to be consumed with a much smaller amount of food. As a bonus, because it was so much easier to chew, the massive jaw muscles, jaws and teeth of the other apes were no longer needed. Since they carry a large biological cost, both in materials and the energy to use them, that freed up resources to grow even more brains.
So we have been driving our evolution for millions of years. If that isn't play God, I don't know what is. |
