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A human mission to Mars is analogous to the wide spread use of hydrogen fuel cells in automobiles. If you keep giving a date further and further away, no one wi
by cantbecool 14y ago
A human mission to Mars is analogous to the wide spread use of hydrogen fuel cells in automobiles. If you keep giving a date further and further away, no one will ever question the authenticity of the project.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoFuel cell powered cars are easy. Anyone could build one, the equipment is out there. The problem is that they aren't very practical. Compressed Hydrogen is not the best fuel choice for an automobile, and even aside from that the power and range you'll get on a fuel cell car is worse than a purely battery powered car.
- btilly 14y agoIndeed Elon Musk claims that the theoretical maximum performance from a fuel cell is lower than the current practical performance from a battery. As he might say, "Your best case scenario is still failure."