Excellent post, exactly what I was looking for, can't thank you enough.
Thanks for your input guys, extremely interesting ideas. Very much appreciated. :)
Thanks for the reply. Though I'm no expert on the issue I thought the current thinking on the matter was that the magnetic field isn't as pivotal for atmospheric retention as once thought and even then it's a long term issue as opposed to a short term one, any stripping away would surely operate...
First post, long time lurker.
Supposing that mankind were to first choose the Moon as the celestial body for colonisation (no questions at this point, those in favour of Mars pretend for a second it has some sort of life on it!), how would we go about creating a significant atmosphere on the...