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How is that comparable? I apologize for this bit of sarcasm, but last I checked, Arizona has both air and gravity.
by nickelcitymario 3y ago
How is that comparable? I apologize for this bit of sarcasm, but last I checked, Arizona has both air and gravity.
- jandrese 3y agoI think he's saying that if you can't do it in the desert then you shouldn't be talking about trying to do it in orbit. Work through the problems before you add in the launch costs and all of the other complications. This is also what I say to people who propose a permanent Mars colony. They should be re-creating the Biosphere project right now and making it a success before the rocket is ready to go. There are a lot of problems that are seemingly still unaddressed with the whole project.
- nickelcitymario 3y agoFair enough. But with a biosphere, that makes sense. Mars has gravity and an atmosphere, so a biosphere on Earth is a smart project to resume. I'm not saying we shouldn't test everything we can. We should, absolutely. But we also have to accept that the absence of gravity and operating in a vacuum are two major factors we could never adequately test on Earth.