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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What would that accomplish other than blowing the dust around?

[–] biribiri11@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It’ll maybe make Mars inhabitable eventually(tm). It’d be really cool to watch, though.

Edit: reference to shitpost (2011, before Elon could take credit for it)

Achieve disarmament by launching all nuclear weapons on Earth to detonate on mars. Then wait a few thousand years for radiation to dissipate.