From: Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   "Roger Stokes"  wrote in message   
   news:xL7sb.38388$Ll5.9742@twister.socal.rr.com...   
   | If Mars were provided with a breathable atmosphere by some means in the   
   | future, how long would it take to be lost to space?   
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   More to the point, could you generate it fast enough to not lose it to   
   space, and  then could you get a viable  set of organisms that would keep   
   things in some kind of equilibrium as exists here.   
      
   My gut feeling is no, you could not do it. The lack of an apparent active   
   magnetic field to protect the surface etc from radiation is another problem   
   you have of course.   
      
   Maybe you would have more luck seeding Venus with some specialised   
   bio-engineered  organisms....:-)   
      
   Brian   
      
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   Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk   
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