MAKING MARS HABITABLE

被引：115

作者：

MCKAY, CP

TOON, OB

KASTING, JF

机构：

[1] NASA,AMES RES CTR,DIV EARTH SYST SCI,MOFFETT FIELD,CA 94035

[2] PENN STATE UNIV,DEPT GEOSCI,UNIVERSITY PK,PA 16802

来源：

NATURE | 1991年 / 352卷 / 6335期

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D O I：

10.1038/352489a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Mars is believed to be lifeless, but it may be possible to transform it into a planet suitable for habitation by plants, and conceivably humans. The success of such an enterprise would depend on the abundance, distribution and form of materials on the planet that could provide carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen.

引用

页码：489 / 496

页数：8

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