Transforming the red planet to support life has long been a dream of science fiction. Mars is now too cold to support life. Its atmosphere is also too thin to protect any living organisms from harmful radiation. But a new study suggests that local conditions could be changed using an inch of “aerogel”—a synthetic and ultralight material made by taking a gel and replacing the liquid component with a gas.
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https://phys.org/news/2019-07-layer-aerogel-mars-habitable-enable.html