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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; fanfan; All
true.. but, the hang-gliding, should really be great-world/
that world (space-wise), if you catch my drift.

3,149 posted on 11/27/2014 7:20:21 PM PST by skinkinthegrass ("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies. d8^)
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To: skinkinthegrass
"... but, the hang-gliding, should really be great ..."

I don't think so. The atmosphere on Mars is exceedingly thin. One could possibly arrange a hot-air balloon, but not from combustion.

A good possibility for air travel on Mars might be a hydrogen filled balloon surrounded by a nitrogen gas envelope, (a combination that would work well on this planet as well, and was suggested about a hundred years ago).

Mars has the potential for having some very energetic wind-storms, so the weather would certainly be a factor.

Railroads on Mars might be the preferred method of getting around, and would be relatively weatherproof. Good for carrying freight as well.

Of course, one might need nuclear energy to power the locomotive, but how did you happen to get to Mars, anyway, if it didn't involve nuclear energy at some point?

3,150 posted on 11/27/2014 7:36:57 PM PST by NicknamedBob (So was he lying to Hispanics when he said he couldn't do it before, or is he lying to all of us now?)
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