['< sod > one key aspect of terraforming mars is to protect the martian atmosphere ( both present and future - built ) from being lost into space. some japanese scientists hypothesize that creating a planet - wide artificial magnetosphere would be helpful in resolving this issue. < ref name = " : 0 " / > according to two nifs japanese scientists, it is feasible to do that with current technology by building a system of refrigerated latitudinal superconducting rings, each carrying a sufficient amount of [ [ direct current | direct current ] ]. < ref > { { cite x web | url = http : / / www. nifs. ac. jp / report / nifs - 886. pdf | format = pdf | title = feasibility of artificial geomagnetic high field generation by a superconducting ring network | last = motojima | first = osamu | last2 = yanagi | first2 = nagato | work = national institute for fusion science ( japan ) | date = may 2008 | 』 accessdate = 2016 - 06 - 07 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > one key aspect of terraforming mars is to protect the atmosphere ( both present and future - built ) from being lost into space. some scientists hypothesize that creating a planet - wide artificial magnetosphere would be helpful in resolving this issue. < ref name = " : • 0 " / > according to two nifs japanese scientists, it is feasible to do that with current technology by building a system of refrigerated latitudinal superconducting rings, each carrying a sufficient amount of [ [ direct current ] ]. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. nifs. ac. jp / report / nifs - 886. pdf | format = pdf | title = theoretical feasibility of artificial geomagnetic field generation by a small superconducting ring network |... last = motojima | first = osamu | last2 = yanagi | first2 = nagato | work = national institute for fusion reactor science ( japan ) | date = may 2008 | accessdate = 2016 - 06 - 07 } } < / ref > < eod >']