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How "self sustaining" will a Mars base ever be ? So let assume they can make oxygen, water, maybe even calories. Great. Self supporting base. But other than t
by yazr 8y ago
How "self sustaining" will a Mars base ever be ?
So let assume they can make oxygen, water, maybe even calories. Great. Self supporting base.
But other than that. Everything will have to be trucked in. Pipes, electrical wires, valves, medical supplies, antennas, plastics, etc.
Will any of these be manufactured on-site in say 2050 ?!
- ng12 8y agoI'm far from an expert on either chemistry or manufacturing, but there's credible arguments that almost everything you need can be obtained locally: http://canada.marssociety.org/winnipeg/plastics.html http://canada.marssociety.org/winnipeg/plastics.html
- Nomentatus 8y agoNearly all will be. On either moon or Mars. Mars soil isn't that different from (rich) lunar soil. Pipes and wires and plastics they can make easily enough (carbon dioxide ice is available seasonally, for plastics.)
- Kim_Bruning 8y agoMars is a large world. It's not as big as earth, but there's also no oceans, so the exploitable land area is roughly the same. And it is pristine; no one has ever exploited any of it. With plenty of space and plenty of resources at hand, long term there's no reason a mars colony could not be self sustaining. Whether that could be true as early as 2050 would depend, of course!