Why Not Mars - Hackdot

Re:Why Not Mars by giantg2 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @11:44PM (#34214459)

The obvious answer to "why" is that you can use Antarctica as a low(er) cost, low risk, practice run. Similar to space tech of the 60s, the tech developed this way could have a big impact on many areas of life. And yes, it won't solve everything, nor give us a second planet.

Why should anyone do anything, really?

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Re:Why Not Mars by saberdancer on Monday January 02, 2023 @03:15AM (#34215580)

Hard thing in living on Mars is not the cold, it is the lack of oxygen or easily accessible water. All of these are abundant on Antarctica so it is not really a practice run.

I see little point in exploring this on Antarctica which is why I believe no one really is entertaining idea of this type of test run on Antarctica.

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Re:Why Not Mars by amanaplanacanal on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:04AM (#34216227)

Sealing yourself off from the abundant water and oxygen in Antarctica seems pretty easy though.

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Re:Why Not Mars by kiratp on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:41AM (#34216469)

Antarctica has the same gravity and radiation levels (magnetosphere) as everywhere on Earth.

In HN speak - “to learn to build a filesystem, build a web server first!”

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Re:Why Not Mars by wruza on Monday January 02, 2023 @07:21AM (#34217156)

Raising radiation levels is not a problem here on earth at all. Not sure about gravity and health effects, maybe it can be simulated with some amphetamine + sedative cocktails.

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