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Mars is locked into a permanent deep freeze. This information may show a way to terraform Mars so it would be more like Earth. Hence the Total Recall angle.
But it's more immediate contribution would be to make traveling to Mars feasible. A trip home from Mars would require tons of fuel in the form of methane and oxygen. SpaceX's rockets are powered thusly, but there's no source of fuel on Mars. There's no infrastructure in place to produce this fuel, but this could provide the most efficient start.
Mars' theorized clays could be the "terbinium" mines that could be unlocked to make Mars' skies turn blue. Whoa! * Update: Mars' toxic regolith can be cleaned through the use of microbes that can use it, with free oxygen as a by-product! This could be quite significant, because the free oxygen can burn the methane in order to produce energy as well. Mars is very cold, and it will take a lot of energy to power a colony.
Mars is locked into a permanent deep freeze. This information may show a way to terraform Mars so it would be more like Earth. Hence the Total Recall angle.
But it's more immediate contribution would be to make traveling to Mars feasible. A trip home from Mars would require tons of fuel in the form of methane and oxygen. SpaceX's rockets are powered thusly, but there's no source of fuel on Mars. There's no infrastructure in place to produce this fuel, but this could provide the most efficient start.
Mars' theorized clays could be the "terbinium" mines that could be unlocked to make Mars' skies turn blue. Whoa! * Update: Mars' toxic regolith can be cleaned through the use of microbes that can use it, with free oxygen as a by-product! This could be quite significant, because the free oxygen can burn the methane in order to produce energy as well. Mars is very cold, and it will take a lot of energy to power a colony.
Study shows Mars' early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet's clay surface https://t.co/sbD565UDWT via @physorg_com Comment: This is very interesting because it may be a more efficient way to obtain fuel for return trips to Earth from Mars. Paging SpaceX.
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