Re:Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, astronaut says
by pdonis on Sunday December 23, 2018 @10:24PM
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> My assumption is that these habitable zones would be required to generate the necessities of life in an environment devoid of any of them.
Mars is not "devoid" of these things. It requires some energy to get them into usable form, but all of the basic chemical elements needed for life are there on Mars. Similar remarks apply to many other planets and similar objects (like satellites of the gas giants).
Mars is not "devoid" of these things. It requires some energy to get them into usable form, but all of the basic chemical elements needed for life are there on Mars. Similar remarks apply to many other planets and similar objects (like satellites of the gas giants).