Posted on 04/10/2025 7:12:21 PM PDT by Red Badger
Fishing sucks on Mars, anyway.
Kind of like Iraq. My lungs have never been the same. Stupid Sand Hole.
Well, at least there’s no asbestos on Mars.
Poor Ahnold. He had no recall.
Yep, sometimes it got so bad they had issues finding the fires.
With 200,000+ leaf blowers daily it’s like a toxic soup from everything imaginable decaying and rotting on the ground being blown into the atmosphere. And like the old days with smog, the mountains surrounding S.CA area hold much of the dust and particles.
I’m surprised the leftist in CA have not outlawed the blowers
First, the picture is upside down, Second the sloth isn’t green, only the algae growing on its fur is.
I am aware....
The article cites perchlorates being oxygen-rich compounds. Well gee, let's develop a way to convert that to the oxygen gas that's currently lacking in Mars' atmosphere. Silica is basically glass in it's rawest form; iron-rich particles are girders waiting to happen. The ice caps and underground permafrost are believed to hold enough water to sustain a decent-sized colony at the very least.
Once the robots have these projects going and an underground base excavated we send humans for long-term stays. With enough determination, patience and God's grace to withhold our seeming drive to kill each other off we can get this done and make it reality in a few short generations.
science.
Mars is idiotic. Settle and mine the Moon first. Moonbase Alpha! (Pro tip: this time don’t store nuclear waste there)
You missed the joke?
Nope. I did.
Getting Biden in my old age.
🙄
A lack of breathable air can cause lung problems.
Someone remind me, what is the real point of going other than to stroke some egos?
And suck up lots of tax dollars of course.
Like they did in the Star Trek movie?
In a few billion years, our Sun will expand, and we have to leave.
Mars is not our new, permanent home, but we could use it. Two of the many dangers/situations we have to deal with are gravity and radiation. Our Earthly Van Allen radiation belts keep the Sun from cooking us, and everything else.
Mars has no such protection, so walking on the surface is a nonstarter. We will live underground.**
Gravity. If you watch the astronauts who spend 6-12 months in space, they cannot walk out of the return capsule. They are placed on what looks like recliners. To compensate, our travels in space will need gravity. Spinning all or part of the vehicle is one method.
**underground on Mars. Most of what Elon Musk does is focused on Mars, and then further into space. This was really obvious once it was explained with one of his other endeavors - The Boring Company. We cannot reside on the Martian surface, so boring underground is necessary. There are also underground lava tubes that might be useful.
Musk’s main speech is about spreading consciousness to other planets, space stations, etc. There may have been other entities that achieved consciousness, but never left their planet.
When I talk with family and friends about all of this, they sometimes mention God / Christ intervening before the Sun expands. I tell them “I do not know God’s will.” I know how we are supposed to act/be. Other than that, all that God has in mind will eventually be revealed. In the meantime, we need to cherish what we have, and use all the tools provided to explore and survive.
Or send the Replicants.
Like Morlocks?
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