Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su...
by ceejayoz on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:23PM
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> Having a third the gravity
Sounds fun!
> microscopic dust
Found on earth! I change my HVAC filters regularly.
> and a complete lack of nature
There's plenty of nature on Mars. Not much life, but we'll bring that with us. I'd suspect early colonists will have more plant life in their quarters and living areas than your average NYC resident.
> or Internet
I'd fully expect a solution along the lines of Netflix's edge caches for this by the time we're seriously considering building a base. Daily snapshots of Reddit, StackOverflow, major news sites, etc.
Sounds fun!
> microscopic dust
Found on earth! I change my HVAC filters regularly.
> and a complete lack of nature
There's plenty of nature on Mars. Not much life, but we'll bring that with us. I'd suspect early colonists will have more plant life in their quarters and living areas than your average NYC resident.
> or Internet
I'd fully expect a solution along the lines of Netflix's edge caches for this by the time we're seriously considering building a base. Daily snapshots of Reddit, StackOverflow, major news sites, etc.