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What killed Mars billions of years ago? How can we kickstart a warming trend to transform Mars to look like Earth? What kind of technology do we need, and how well will it work? I discuss these questions and more in todays Ask a Spaceman!

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Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

00:00 What Went Wrong with Mars
02:55 Creating an Artificial Greenhouse Effect
07:22 Radical Ideas
09:33 Recreating the Martian Magnetic Field
11:13 Technological Challenges

Image credits: NASA, JPL, ESA, Rigel Woida, Steve Bowers