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WorksheetsTerraforming Techniques
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Using materials found in space to assist in terraforming
Geoengineering
In-situ resources utilization
Biocompatibility
Synthetic Biology
Too much of this causes DNA and RNA to break down
Photosynthesis
Temperature
Nutrients
Water
How does MATT plan to terraform Mars?
Aerogels
Introducing microbes
Mining for carbon and using factories
A celestial body releases heat
A planet that has the necessary parameters to sustain life
Biocompatible
Extraterrestrial
Ecologically sound
Atmospheric
This terraforming technique uses a nitrogen compound to maximize energy transfer
MATT
Regolith Mining
Orbital Mirrors
Ammonia Asteroid
This terraforming technique may benefit from genetic editing of microbes
Mining of carbonate
Cyanobacteria
Factory Production
Nuclear Warheads
Nuclear Warheads can..
Release necessary water vapor by continuous nuclear fusion
Remove poisonous substances, like perchlorates
Concentrate their impact on a singular location
Never alter the ecosystem of a planet
The excess chlorine resulting from this technique poses a threat to humans
Regolith Shifting
Nuclear Warheads
Factory Usage
Ammonia Asteriods
Made of mylar, this technique focuses energy on Mars
Nuclear Warheads
MATT
Orbital Mirrors
Ammonia Asteriods
Humans have the most experience with this technique
Nuclear Warheads
Factory Usage
Cyanobacteria
Orbital Mirrors
This technique mitigates the impact of Mars' cooled core
Concentrated mirrors that redirect energy to the core
A device/satellite blocking solar winds
Nuclear reactors that release buried carbon
Factory gases that will reheat the core
The atmospheric pressure on Mars
7 bar
250 mbar
1 bar
7 mbar
TRIPS stands for THIS
Technology, Risks, Innovation, Perspective, Society
Time, Resources, Innovation, Polling, States
Time, Resources, Institutions, Population, Standard of Living
Temperature, Resources, Innovation, Populations, Space
Aerogel relies on THIS phenomenon to work
Greenhouse Effect
Thermal Fluctuations
Universal Heat
Solid State Greenhouse Effect
The best proposed plan for colonizing Venus
STARK
HACOL
HAVOC
ATOD
This ideology emphasizes that humans should take priority
Zoocentrism
Cosmic Preservationism
Bio-centrism
Anthropomorphism
Using nature intelligently
Wise Stewardship
Eco-centrism
Anti-Humanism
