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Calcium perchlorate is only slightly toxic. Not good for you, but living in an environment with background radiation levels 50x higher than on Earth may be your

Calcium perchlorate is only slightly toxic. Not good for you, but living in an environment with background radiation levels 50x higher than on Earth may be your bigger worry... Still, I'm pretty sure we have plenty of people who wouldn't mind giving it a try.

RetpolineDrama 6mo ago
>but living in an environment with background radiation levels 50x higher than on Earth We can park a big honkin magnet at the mars-sun lagrange point and cut that down massively.
amluto 6mo ago
On the one hand, it's not particularly toxic as toxic things go. On the other hand, 0.6% is not a small concentration.
burnt-resistor 6mo ago
Anyone venturing to Mars is likely taking a one-way trip for many reasons.