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That’s why in non-American English it’s called earth. :) I had no idea. Hackaday explains as well as some other things I’d not though about. https://hackaday.
by nickt 6y ago
That’s why in non-American English it’s called earth. :)
I had no idea. Hackaday explains as well as some other things I’d not though about.
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/17/living-on-mars-the-stuff-you-never-thought-about/ https://hackaday.com/2017/08/17/living-on-mars-the-stuff-you...
- interestica 6y agoCrazy. I just presumed the planet acts as a ground. Presumably same challenge on the moon?
- godelski 6y ago> Presumably same challenge on the moon? Yes. It will be true for any planetary body that does not have a magnetosphere. But Venus has a magnetosphere. So you can do the old "stick a fucking metal rod into the ground" trick as long as your metal rod doesn't melt... because Venus.
- godelski 6y agoLike you call the ground earth or you call ground earth? I fail to see how earth is less ambiguous.
- Rule35 6y agoPresumably every (non-gaseous) planet is covered with ground. Whereas Earth isn't Mars.