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Building a Base on Mars
"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message ... The best spot to build a base on Mars would be its north pole. Seems to me its dust storms would not be as bad as at the equator. The north pole if it has water it would be the material the dome would be made from. Water is a great building material(ask any Eskimo) and the best part is its there(hopefully) We can easily get oxygen from water,and the free energy of hydrogen. The dome would cover the Mars lander,and could be kept as warm and humid as Florida.Make a nice hot house to grow soy beans,lima beans,and have a big fish tank(a few million trout eggs don't take up much room) Trout goes good with soy beans. Think of it as a Chinese dinner. Bert PS no egg roll,or finger bowls Bert, my martian geography is not great, but I'd fear the temps at the north pole would be extreme. BV. |
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BV Colder than the Mars equator,but ice is a great insulator it does
not like going much lower than 32 degrees. Eskimos keep their igloo at 46 degrees with just a blubber flame with a hole in the roof. The melting ice on the igloos walls gives them running water. On Mars this running water and lima beans would be the soup of the day. For the Mars astronauts it would be the soup every day except Friday. On Friday its trout chowder. Bert |
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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message ... BV Colder than the Mars equator,but ice is a great insulator it does not like going much lower than 32 degrees. Eskimos keep their igloo at 46 degrees with just a blubber flame with a hole in the roof. The melting ice on the igloos walls gives them running water. On Mars this running water and lima beans would be the soup of the day. For the Mars astronauts it would be the soup every day except Friday. On Friday its trout chowder. Bert The menu alone would keep me from visiting. Maybe I can sneak some ramon's up. I think situating the base near a source of water is a good idea, but I also think we would need to include a hard structure. Nature can't be trusted to keep that dome airtight. BV. |
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In message , BenignVanilla
writes "G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message ... BV Colder than the Mars equator,but ice is a great insulator it does not like going much lower than 32 degrees. Eskimos keep their igloo at 46 degrees with just a blubber flame with a hole in the roof. The melting ice on the igloos walls gives them running water. On Mars this running water and lima beans would be the soup of the day. For the Mars astronauts it would be the soup every day except Friday. On Friday its trout chowder. Bert The menu alone would keep me from visiting. Maybe I can sneak some ramon's up. I'll second that. I read that they are trying growing beans in the space station as a source of food. Beans in a closed environment are not a good idea! -- "Roads in space for rockets to travel....four-dimensional roads, curving with relativity" Mail to jsilverlight AT merseia.fsnet.co.uk is welcome. Or visit Jonathan's Space Site http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk |
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Jonathan Silverlight wrote
Beans in a closed environment are not a good idea! Taking about depressions and heavy storms... -- CeeBee Uxbridge: "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!" Wellington: "By God, sir, so you have!" Google CeeBee @ www.geocities.com/ceebee_2 |
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... "G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message ... The best spot to build a base on Mars would be its north pole. Seems to me its dust storms would not be as bad as at the equator. The north pole if it has water it would be the material the dome would be made from. Water is a great building material(ask any Eskimo) and the best part is its there(hopefully) We can easily get oxygen from water,and the free energy of hydrogen. The dome would cover the Mars lander,and could be kept as warm and humid as Florida.Make a nice hot house to grow soy beans,lima beans,and have a big fish tank(a few million trout eggs don't take up much room) Trout goes good with soy beans. Think of it as a Chinese dinner. Bert PS no egg roll,or finger bowls Bert, my martian geography is not great, but I'd fear the temps at the north pole would be extreme. BV. If I'm not mistaken some of Mars' biggest dust storms have occured around the poles (there are some nifty Hubble photos of them), so I don't think that avoiding dust storms would be a very good reason to locate a base at either pole. R |
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R I'll go where water might be. That is the main theme of my post.
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Well giving it more thought the best place might be the valley between
to tall clifts. The reason for that is it blocks out most of the sky. With just a very thin atmosphere I think it best to stay in the shade. Might be best to build a base on the lowest orbiting Mars moon. That way we could see a lot of Mars,and not worry about dust storms. Landing on a Mars moon could be a lot easier. It might even have just enough gravity to make a toilet work without spending $32,000,000 for a vacuum toilet. Bert |
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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message ... Well giving it more thought the best place might be the valley between to tall clifts. The reason for that is it blocks out most of the sky. With just a very thin atmosphere I think it best to stay in the shade. Might be best to build a base on the lowest orbiting Mars moon. That way we could see a lot of Mars,and not worry about dust storms. Landing on a Mars moon could be a lot easier. It might even have just enough gravity to make a toilet work without spending $32,000,000 for a vacuum toilet. Bert Your Martian moon idea is interesting. |
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Hi Douglas Glad you find the post interesting. For man to go that
far he can't build a base without using material on Mars surface. Lets go with sand(Mars has plenty of that) I could be made into glass. With cement,and water it could be made into blocks(concrete) It is very hard to dig down into fine sand(it pours) I think the best astronauts to make such a long trip should be about 55 years old. In great shape be bachelors(no family ties) and it would be a one way trip.They would live out their lives doing research on Mars. I would go in a heart beat. After 55 its down hill. Food now comes before sex. In the future rich people will pay to be buried on Mars. Mars has no maggots,or worms. Its cold temperature will keep the body fresh for millions of years. It's the way to go. Bert |
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