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Moisture in Mars atmosphere could provide water for future human inhabitants, research finds
Moisture extracted from the atmosphere of Mars could provide a valuable alternative water supply if humans are ever to inhabit the red planet, a study has found.
However, the research from a Strathclyde University academic found that ice located beneath the surface of Mars would provide the most viable long-term solution.
I'll never know, but it is interesting to speculate on the kind of people who would consider living there permanently if Martian settlements are ever established.
We may assume that settlers would inevitably take human nature with them, which isn't a good start, but the pressures of survival would exert certain restraints. Yet if those pressures ever relax then the usual problems may come back too.
We may assume that settlers would inevitably take human nature with them, which isn't a good start, but the pressures of survival would exert certain restraints. Yet if those pressures ever relax then the usual problems may come back too.
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D'ye think we could persuade Sir Jetalot to travel to Mars? He'd bring his own wetness with him.
...and here's a recent video about a visit to Biosphere 2:
https://youtu.be/nFk1PGh6oYo
The project was designed as a prototype for space colonization and a possible lifeboat for humanity if Earth ever became unlivable. It didn't work. It suggests to me that any attempt to live on Mars with the nearest B&Q an average of 140 million miles away is destined to fail.
dearieme - good point, I imagine his handshake is always a little damp too.
DJ - thanks for the link, I've bookmarked it for later. I'm not sure why, but I wouldn't expect it to work, even the Earth itself isn't a closed system.
The big question is, do we go there, or do we send them there?
Bucko - persuade them they would be in complete charge of a whole planet then send them before they think of looking up Mars on Wikipedia.
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