Warming a Tiny Piece of Mars For Terraforming

dptalia writes "It's been a dream of science fiction writers everywhere that we would eventually terraform Mars. Now an engineering student has proposed a way to terraform only a kilometer of Mars. By building an array of space based mirrors to focus the sun's light, a small area of Mars could be warmed to about 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) which would make it easier for explorers to work and live there. Since Mars' atmosphere is thin, the mirrors would have to be carefully designed to prevent them from reflecting harmful radiation as well as light and warmth."

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Monty Burns or Lex Luthor?

[krell]

One of them will get the blame when there is a slight miscalculation in the adjustment the aim of the solar concentrators and Cleveland is burnt off the map (leaving the rest of the country east of it to be brought the accompanying odor, not unlike burnt armpit hair).