Scientifically speaking, is it possible for a rocky planet similar Mars to be habitable if it had Earth-like temperature without necessarily having water present?
>>16261341a planet with blue sand or rocks would be a sight to behold
>>16261347This was the closest you could get but they also took it away from you
>>16261341technically if you lived on pods, recycled the water you brought and stuff like that but Mars is a masculine as fuck planet and all the hot femboys would probably lived on Venus. Those would be terrible living conditions
>>16261341is there photosynthesis on this planet of yours? Is there free oxygen in the air and if so how did it get there?
>>16261341yea but only if you bring water
>>16261341can oxygen exist naturally on a planet without plants?
>>16261341So a desert planet like Dune or tatooine?Temperature is less of issue than creating a breathable atmosphere.
>>16261341>Indigo Mars
>>16262655Yes, because the Great Oxidation Event on earth was caused by photosynthetic microbes, like cyanobacteria, before there were any plants technically.
>>16261341we can't even terraform the Mojave desert, how are we going to inhabit a frozen dusty ass planet?
>>16261347Mars has black sand in places and black is a kind of blue.
>>16262655Abiotic oxygen atmospheres could exist, if water vapour gets photolyzed by intense UV, under certain atmospheric conditions, and the hydrogen lost to space. Wear sunscreen.https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2713
>>16261341I can't see any way to get oxygen - biologically or otherwise - without water present.
>>16261341It would be habitable, but we'd need to bring all the water with us which would inhibit colonization significantly.
>>16263525Who says we can't terraform the Mojave desert? Has anyone with substantial money and resources tried doing that?
>>16263661Terraforming the Mohave desert almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter
>>16263575Why haul a ton of water with you? Make it from oxygen and hydrogen and then recycle it as best you can.
>>16263700No water usually means no hydrogen. The moon is an example of this.
