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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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