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Re:Let's Colonize Titan by IndianAstronaut on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:01AM (#13049786)
A penny sized hole in a space suit on Mars could mean a quick death. The lack of an atmosphere on Mars would make it exceedingly difficult to set up a colony there.
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Re:Let's Colonize Titan by Eerie on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:13AM (#13049846)
>A penny sized hole in a space suit on Mars could mean a quick death.

Also true for Titan (surface temperature -179 degrees Celsius).

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Re:Let's Colonize Titan by jonahrd on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:24PM (#13050504)
thermodynamics isn't instant like that, and you'd be dressing in layers. It's much different than a hole in a pressurized suit
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Re:Let's Colonize Titan by rocky1138 on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:43PM (#13051013)
Mars has an atmosphere, it's just not breathable by any life form from Earth.
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