Isn’t the issue more that Mars does not have a tectonically active core, such that it does not have a protective magnetic field like earth. Any water we put on it will eventually get blown off by solar wind just like most of its it’s original atmosphere .
IHzero t1_j1susqj wrote
Reply to "Speed up" terraforming of Mars by using Enceladus' icy crust? by LumberjackWeezy
Isn’t the issue more that Mars does not have a tectonically active core, such that it does not have a protective magnetic field like earth. Any water we put on it will eventually get blown off by solar wind just like most of its it’s original atmosphere .