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If there is no subsurface ice anywhere, I think the SpaceX colonizing team might have a challenge. It seems their current plan is to dig tunnels in suspected ic
by imglorp 9y ago
If there is no subsurface ice anywhere, I think the SpaceX colonizing team might have a challenge. It seems their current plan is to dig tunnels in suspected ice areas, processing the soil to extract water to electrolyze for fuel and air, then using the tunnels and castings for housing. Bringing all the fuel, air, and water from Earth is probably a no-go.
- zipwitch 9y agoWait- SpaceX is planning to tunnel on Mars? That means the Boring Company... Is everything Musk does part of his not-secret secret plan to retire on Mars?
- labster 9y agoYes. It's not like there are fossil fuels on the Red Planet, so we're going to need solar cells and batteries to power our electric rovers.
- imglorp 9y agoYep, (ding!) and solar cells, batteries, compressed gasses, vehicles... all important colonization core tech.
- sn9 9y agoUnderground structures will also be well-shielded from radiation that Mars' lack of a strong magnetic field fails to deflect.