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redecorating an entire planet because moving somewhere already habitable felt too easy.
means the hypothetical process of engineering a planet's atmosphere, temperature, and surface to make it livable for earth life.
from coined in 1942 by sci-fi writer jack williamson in the pulp story collision orbit, decades before nasa could even land on the moon.
mars timelinerealistic estimates run centuries, not decades
venus problem90 times earth's pressure, lead-melting heat
missing ingredientmars lost its magnetic field, so atmosphere leaks away
smaller versionscientists call local tweaks paraterraforming