The purpose of this paper is to explore a resolution for the Faint Young SunParadox that has been mostly rejected by the community, namely the possibilityof a somewhat more massive young Sun with a large mass loss rate sustained fortwo to three billion years. This would make the young Sun bright enough to keepboth the terrestrial and Martian oceans from freezing, and thus resolve theparadox. It is found that a large and sustained mass loss is consistent withthe well observed spin-down rate of Sun-like stars, and indeed may be requiredfor it. It is concluded that a more massive young Sun must be considered aplausible hypothesis.
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