What if Mars Were Habitable?

In this video I speculate how a habitable Mars with oceans and life might've changed the history of astronomy, the space race, and eventual colonization of our solar system. I also explain how Mars could've been more habitable, and how life could have evolved on the planet.

[iwbuiqr]

You forgot that if Mars had an iron core it would also have plate tectonics of some kind and the 3 major volcanos would be active, most likely in cycles. Also Humanity wouldn't have the greatest question of all time: "Are we alone?"

[randomguy-tgok]

One thing I would imagine is that the Martian landscape would actually be very different - you can very clearly see the asteroid impacts, which would be far less visible or not present at all if Mars had an atmosphere that could support life.

[eagleowl]

Sir David Attenborough, the leading member of the International Martian Exploration Society. I can imagine him in a hazmat suit (as to not disturb the martian environment) researching all the new species and broadcasting it all on the BBC. Now that's a documentary I would love to watch!

[zhcultivator]

Please do a video on what if Venus was Habitable? Also What if the East African Federation became a real sovereign superstate today?

[akeel_]

A World Of Difference by Harry Turtledove has this as its central theme, and they call it Minerva instead of Mars

[erichtomanek]

The book:
"A World of Difference"
is set in an alternate reality.
A nice read.

The major change is:
"Mars is too damn small; but what if it weren't?"

[CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

Coal is from the Carboniferous because it related to a very specific type of large scaled tree that has since gone extinct.

Oil has nothing to do with the Carboniferous. Most oil comes from small photosynthesizers like plankton and algae. The vast majority of oil formation was after the Paleozoic Era (which the Carboniferous was during the later end of)

[JTL]

So, just a smaller earth, mostly looking like Greenland and Australia.

[GotMyTowel]

You underestimate the butterfly effect, my friend.

The changes would be much more drastic. Hard to say what exactly would change, but culture would be very space-centric.

Therefore, we might even go ahead with terraforming Venus and sending the co2 to Mars to fill up the atmosphere a little more so more land would be habitable for life (greenhouse effect and thicker atmosphere, right?)


gr8 vid man :D

Venus next?

[spcxplrr]

its entirely possible that martian life would not be reliant on chlorophyll, so martian life could have used, say, retinase or bacteriochlorophyll and obtained a purple color. (i am not a biochemist and i learned of these chemicals from a few minutes of google search; take what i say with a large pinch of salt.)

both mars and earth have a significant amount of silicon; silicon-based life is also a possibility.

[wintermapping]

I can tell that this video will be amazing 😊✨

[doomjazz]

It would have been nice to see an ocean on Mars....

[raymondgough]

What an awesome video, this obviously took a lot of research. Great job <3

[Numba]

This was a fantastic video!! Thank you so much for this! Did you take any inspiration from any existing fictional stories or just sort of take your own swing at it? Thanks again!
God be with you out there everybody! ✝️ :)

[danmiguel]

For Mars to be habitable, it needs a large moon for a satellite that would help the planet to generate a strong magnetic field. That would allow Mars to retain its atmosphere.

[nathanguzmantorregrosa]

so a golden age of exploration for humanity. I love it!!

[mityaboy]

“Yet across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.”

[alejandromontes]

Can you do what if Venus was habitable

[MichaelSidneyTimpson]

Seems like Venus, had it not theoretically had a collision reversing and slowing its rotation, could have even more likely been habitable by life....seems like another video.

[gamerpro]

Now please do, what if Venus was habitable?