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Mars is the fourth planet orbiting the Sun.

With conditions colder, but otherwise similar to that of Earth, the red planet is anticipated to be the second best possible location for supporting human habitation in the Solar System.


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Explosives on Mars.

Im writing a sci-fi novel and have a question. If you were on the surface of mars and had a stick of dynamite or plastic explosives. Would you be able to detonate it? Would the explosion work at all? Would the atmosphere make the blast smaller or bigger? I couldn’t find an answer to this question online. The only stuff that comes up is what would happen if we nuked mars lol.

14 Comments
2024/12/06
00:59 UTC

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Best Place to Land for Martian Colonization

Hi guys. I’m an astronomy major and am doing a project on Martian colonization where each student is given an aspect of the mission. I got the decision of where to land. I was debating between two places but I have several questions that I need to answer for the research and discussion part of my scientific report. I know it has to be somewhere close to water ice, and I know that you want to be closer to the equator so the seasons aren’t as bad/changing while also being in the northern hemisphere for the higher potential of water ice. I have written pages already in research and comparing and constrasting. “Ask Mars scientists and engineers where the most accessible subsurface ice is, and most will point to the area below Mars’ polar region in the northern hemisphere. On Earth, this region is where you find Canada and Europe; on Mars, it includes the plains of Arcadia Planitia and glacier-filled valleys in Deuteronilus Mensae.” That’s some of the ideas I had, I just can’t really focus on it right now my dog died a day ago and it’s destroying me. I can’t think straight and I had her for half my life. I’ll post more info when I get home in the comments if I can. If anyone can help it would be great, thank you.

10 Comments
2024/12/05
15:50 UTC

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Could anyone please tell me what this geological feature is?

7 Comments
2024/12/05
10:12 UTC

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Potential Hazards to Plan for on Martian Surface, for Humans

Hello everyone, I am conducting some research and thought I’d put this question here to see what I may be missing.

If we were sending a human mission to Mars, with all supplies included for the initial settlement, what surface hazards would we need to plan for to mitigate harm to the crew while on Mars?

15 Comments
2024/12/02
01:44 UTC

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Mars terraforming and colonization be like:

10 Comments
2024/12/02
00:15 UTC

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover - Sol 4175

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2024/11/29
16:16 UTC

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What planet do you think has life outside of Earth in our solar system?

Though it is not likely that there are other humans in our solar system. However it does not have to be Life as we know it. I personally do not think that there are other human life forms within our solar system but I do believe there is possibly Life as we do not know it maybe even on Jupiter.

But I really believe that there is other life forms within the Milky Way galaxy possibly within the next star system. I think one of the Kepler planets could contain human life.

The Milky Way just so vast that it would just be ignorant to think that there's no other life forms out there. I know that God created all things and it's all things were made by him and for him but it's hard for me to believe that a Creator would just stop creating with Earth.

I think there might be all sorts of life forms we just are not aware of because we cannot reach it and do not have the tools to detect it.

18 Comments
2024/11/27
21:33 UTC

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Every time I fly home, I pass over this canyon in Nevada or Arizona and it always makes me think of Mars and Valles Marineris

1 Comment
2024/11/25
22:16 UTC

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Alien Settlers

Forging a part of my setting where an insectoid species flees their collapsed homeworld and after thousands of years on their colony ship they settled on Mars. Finally feeling like they can develop a population beyond the typical 10,000 their ship would allow they set up a home on the Red Planet.

Now my first idea was to have them dwell in the lava tubes of Olympus Mons, based on what I found online Olympus Mons has enough lava tubes to make a cavern city & through the Pthumerian life support technology, strong bodies, & radiation resistance they can make something of the mountain.

I looked at the largest craters of Mars and while Hellas Basin technically isn't the biggest crater it seems big enough for a domed crater city, made of Andesite & powered through Solar & Thorium.

I think Olympus Mons would still be used like other mountains on Mars like Albia Mons & Elysium Mons after mining it dry. Perhaps for vertical farming facilities & cryo mines to harvest dry ice & water ice, converting water into oxygen/hydrogen have a myriad of uses.

2 Comments
2024/11/23
17:46 UTC

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Zoom into Another World: NASA’s Ultra-High-Resolution View of the Martian Landscape

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2024/11/22
17:30 UTC

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Opportunity selfie

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2024/11/22
15:07 UTC

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Curiosity is Still Smiling. A painting I did based on Reconnaissance's photo. Can you spot Curiosity?

2 Comments
2024/11/22
13:36 UTC

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Space habitat for mars.

Hi. I'm looking at realizing and prototyping some ideas for Mars habitats which include radiation shielding and wanted to get some ideas. Currently looking at launching starship ready habitats.

Any crazy things I'm missing other than outside pressure, temperatures and radiation?

8 Comments
2024/11/19
01:51 UTC

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