P5_6 Defrosting Mars with ”a Few” Mirrors

Authors

  • Hasan Shaikh University of Leicester
  • Rusi Agrawal University of Leicester
  • Amrik Ruprai University of Leicester
  • Jagraj Singh University of Leicester

Abstract

The minimum power that can be redirected to the Martian surface by a ‘3M VM2000’ concave
reflector, with a diameter of 8 km, is of the order 10^10 W, from which 1000 satellites in orbit would be able to melt, at least, the 5 million km^3 of known surface polar ice sheets, in under 10^5 years, but the manufacturing of such reflectors were found to be financially infeasible.

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Published

15-12-2021

How to Cite

Shaikh, H., Agrawal, R., Ruprai, A., & Singh, J. (2021). P5_6 Defrosting Mars with ”a Few” Mirrors. Physics Special Topics, 20(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/3977

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2021): Physics Special Topics

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