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"Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the
red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a
low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic active dynamo at Mars's dead core?
No? Well. It's fine. I'm sure you have some other workable, sustainable plan
for shielding live Mars inhabitants from deadly solar and cosmic radiation,
forever. No? Huh. Well then let's discuss something else equally realistic,
like your plan to build a condo complex in Middle Earth.
OK, so you still want to talk about Mars. Fine. Let's imagine that Mars's lack
of a magnetic field somehow is not an issue. Would you like to try to simulate
what life on Mars would be like? Step one is to clear out your freezer. Step
two is to lock yourself inside of it. (You can bring your phone, if you like!)
When you get desperately hungry, your loved ones on the outside may deliver
some food to you no sooner than nine months after you ask for it. This
nine-month wait will also apply when you start banging on the inside of the
freezer, begging to be let out.
Congratulations: You have now simulated—you have now died, horribly, within a
day or two, while simulating—what life on Mars might be like, once you solve
the problem of it not having even one gasp worth of breathable air, anywhere on
the entire planet. We will never live on Mars."
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/280-murderbot/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
