Re:Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-the...
by jmyeet on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:33AM
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According to [1]:
> Temperatures on Mars average about -81 degrees F. However, temperatures range from around -220 degrees F. in the wintertime at the poles, to +70 degrees F. over the lower latitudes in the summer.
Bear in mind the atmosphere is <1% the pressure of Earth's, basically a vacuum. This actually means you'd barely feel 60mph winds (which, interestingly, was one of several flaws in The Martian book and movie) so hypothermia probably wouldn't be a huge issue from the air but still matters if you contact something solid.
It's unclear where the water on Mars is. It's definitely on the poles, which means you're at the lower end of that range, but there may also be water ice in more equatorial latitudes.
> Temperatures on Mars average about -81 degrees F. However, temperatures range from around -220 degrees F. in the wintertime at the poles, to +70 degrees F. over the lower latitudes in the summer.
Bear in mind the atmosphere is <1% the pressure of Earth's, basically a vacuum. This actually means you'd barely feel 60mph winds (which, interestingly, was one of several flaws in The Martian book and movie) so hypothermia probably wouldn't be a huge issue from the air but still matters if you contact something solid.
It's unclear where the water on Mars is. It's definitely on the poles, which means you're at the lower end of that range, but there may also be water ice in more equatorial latitudes.
[1]: https://www.weather.gov/fsd/mars