There are several people asking this same question today, I suggest you look at the answers to
Suggestion to admins - I think these questions should be merged.
- Can you describe how detonating thermonuclear charges on Mars' poles can lead to the planet becoming hospitable?
- Elon Musk thinks we can make Mars more Earth like if we drop nukes on the poles of the planet. Would this even work?
Suggestion to admins - I think these questions should be merged.
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