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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by gpm on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:06PM (#14573902)
Volcanoes, yes. There is no molten core.

Asteroids, no, but it is likely more immune to long term dust clouds in the atmosphere as a result (since the atmosphere is so thin). On the other hand dust storms are similar.

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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by babyrainbow on Saturday June 17, 2017 @01:17AM (#14574407)
> Volcanoes, yes. There is no molten core.

Seems like we are not really sure about that...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11962-lab-study-indic...

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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by gpm on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:14AM (#14575137)
That's interesting. Still no volcanoes (or other seismic activity) has been observed on mars, so it's pretty safe to say it's not something to worry about.
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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by babyrainbow on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:48AM (#14575245)
> That's interesting. Still no volcanoes (or other seismic activity) has been observed on mars, so it's pretty safe to say it's not something to worry about.

I am not sure. Can you say how we have been looking for seismic/volcanic activity on mars.

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