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\\  One Uranium-235 atom can release 3.24 x 10$^{-11}$ Joules of energy by fission, and one Plutonium-239 atom can release 3.318 x 10$^{-11}$ Joules. There is currently an estimated 5.9025 x 10$^9$ kg of extractable uranium on Earth, which would not provide enough energy to terraform the atmosphere. Even if we used all of the uranium on Earth, it would still require an additional 84.25 x 10$^{10}$ kg of Plutonium-239 to vaporize enough polar ice. This is well beyond the radioactive inventory of Earth, so unfortunately, Earth does not have enough radioactive materials to terraform the surface of Mars.\\  \\  Even if we were to utilize the orbital energies of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos (i.e. force them to deorbit and crash into the poles) that would still not be enough energy to sublimate enough atmosphere! Phobos's The  orbital energy is\\ energies of the moons are\\  \\  $E_{Phobos} = \frac{GM_{Phobos}M_{Mars}}{2a_{Phobos}} = 2.1 * 10^{22}J$.\\  \\