Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows

Re:Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grai... by imglorp on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:10AM (#15748819)

If there is no subsurface ice anywhere, I think the SpaceX colonizing team might have a challenge. It seems their current plan is to dig tunnels in suspected ice areas, processing the soil to extract water to electrolyze for fuel and air, then using the tunnels and castings for housing. Bringing all the fuel, air, and water from Earth is probably a no-go.

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Re:Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grai... by zipwitch on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @03:06PM (#15751077)

Wait- SpaceX is planning to tunnel on Mars? That means the Boring Company... Is everything Musk does part of his not-secret secret plan to retire on Mars?

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Re:Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grai... by labster on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @03:48PM (#15751388)

Yes.

It's not like there are fossil fuels on the Red Planet, so we're going to need solar cells and batteries to power our electric rovers.

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Re:Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grai... by imglorp on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @03:49PM (#15751399)

Yep, (ding!) and solar cells, batteries, compressed gasses, vehicles... all important colonization core tech.

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Re:Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grai... by sn9 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:42AM (#15763077)

Underground structures will also be well-shielded from radiation that Mars' lack of a strong magnetic field fails to deflect.

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