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How is Mercury further? On average it's the closest planet to earth. Mars's atmosphere is pretty useless for humans.
by eru 1y ago
How is Mercury further? On average it's the closest planet to earth.
Mars's atmosphere is pretty useless for humans.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoTo be fair to JumpCrisscross, he never claimed Mercury was further away. It's just "further".
- addaon 1y ago> How is Mercury further? Δv, the only metric that matters. Mercury is at 5.5 km/s from LEO, vs 3.6 km/s from LEO for Mars.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Mars's atmosphere is pretty useless for humans Oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen make up 95+ percent of a human by mass. Mars has all four, the first three in the atmosphere.