This is one of those things that so many SF stories simply ignore, but is so fundamental right behind terraforming) to allowing space colonization. This was really cool news to come across.
31 sats \ 6 replies \ @south_korea_ln 9h
Does this imply carbon nanotubes occur naturally on Mars? Not sure what to understand from this article...
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 8h
Carbon nanotubes in general (to my admittedly non-physicist knowledge) are synthesized, but creating/storing/transporting them is much more efficient than transporting full building materials.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 7h
Right, it's really small and low density. Maybe it could be synthesized on Mars since there's lots of carbon dioxide.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 5h
One approach I would imagine then would be to first transform the CO
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 4h
That was my thought too, after reading about the manufacturing process.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DawnoftheDead 7h
The atmosphere in mars could create unique materials, sort of like how when you put clay in the oven it hardens.
But people also say the moon is rich in Helium3 because of its atmosphere or lack there of,
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 8h
Same
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Akg10s33 7h
What a peculiar piece of information! Although it seems to me that humanity is still a long way off from being able to colonize or inhabit Mars, for those who study and like space, this is good news!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 7h
Oh yeah, I posted an article a few weeks ago about all the reasons a Martian settlement is unlikely, and it still stands. But I still want to see it somehow happen.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s33 6h
It is also valid👍 Here in South America there is a saying that goes "Hope is the last thing to be lost"... So something else can happen on the Red Planet!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 8h
Awesome! We can go to Mars without a second thought 😂
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 8h
Very cool.
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