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What would need to change in order for mars atmosphere to support human life?

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Answer: successfully terraform Mars, the atmosphere would need to be raised enough so that humans could walk around without spacesuits. But although tripling the Red Planet's atmospheric pressure might sound like a lot.

Explanation: it's only one-fiftieth of the CO2 necessary to make the atmosphere habitable to Earth creatures.

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