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Does anyone know how Musk plans to address the lack of Mars' magnetosphere? [1] As much as I am rooting for him, I don't see how a long term colony is possible
by FD3SA 12y ago
Does anyone know how Musk plans to address the lack of Mars' magnetosphere? [1]
As much as I am rooting for him, I don't see how a long term colony is possible without addressing this problem. If we're going to live in underground, shielded habitats, why not just build space colonies and/or Moon colonies?
Furthermore, I don't think we're going to get very far in space manufacturing without a high energy density power source (e.g. fusion).
As such, shouldn't Elon be advocating for increased research funding for fusion?
1. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast31jan_1/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/as...
- idbentley 12y ago> Furthermore, I don't think we're going to get very far in space manufacturing without a high energy density power source (e.g. fusion). Care to elaborate on this point?
- seanflyon 12y agoThe lack of a magnetosphere is a problem on geological time scales (thousands to millions of years) after terraforming. Mars is a great place for human life because it has soil, water, metals and gravity (though earth is far better).
- manicdee 12y agoWe already have a gigantic fusion reactor at the centre of the Solar system. All you need to do to power manufacturing in space is find ways of harnessing that energy.