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Ceffer
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2026 Feb 1, 11:14am
Ceffer
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2026 Feb 1, 11:14am
Netflix NASA. Somehow, that makes sense. The kraut dynasties are busy canoodling with the aliens.
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beershrine
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2026 Feb 1, 1:26pm
Somehow NASA is having trouble flying around the moon in a crewed spacecraft something they did 58yrs ago and they want to live on Mars... haha
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rocketjoe79
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2026 Feb 1, 9:16pm
rocketjoe79
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2026 Feb 1, 9:16pm
beershrine says
Musk will do it, without NASA, if needed. He's got more puzzle pieces to complete:
1. Cheap reusable rockets - check
2. In-orbit refueling - should demo this year
3. Robots to help build the Mars city, mostly autonomously - in work
4. Fuel production on Mars (NASA has done proof of concept)
5. Support satellites in Mars Orbit (No biggie, sats ready now)
6. Mars Habitats - in work
7. Starship interiors for Mars Transit - in work
Somehow NASA is having trouble flying around the moon in a crewed spacecraft something they did 58yrs ago and they want to live on Mars... haha
Musk will do it, without NASA, if needed. He's got more puzzle pieces to complete:
1. Cheap reusable rockets - check
2. In-orbit refueling - should demo this year
3. Robots to help build the Mars city, mostly autonomously - in work
4. Fuel production on Mars (NASA has done proof of concept)
5. Support satellites in Mars Orbit (No biggie, sats ready now)
6. Mars Habitats - in work
7. Starship interiors for Mars Transit - in work
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clambo
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2026 Feb 1, 9:38pm
Mars will never be inhabited by us.
Mars lost its magnetic field, then the solar wind, or cosmic rays blew off its atmosphere. Mars once may have been like the earth, but now it's a hellscape.
Mars therefore cannot be "terraformed" with an atmosphere by nuking the polar ice (Musk likes this idea).
Anything resembling an atmosphere will be wiped away immediately by the sun.
Mars also lacks some essential chemicals for growing plants; I believe Nitrogen is one.
The same solar rays bombarding Mars makes walking around deadly; you have to live in a cave or underground to survive.
Mars lost its magnetic field, then the solar wind, or cosmic rays blew off its atmosphere. Mars once may have been like the earth, but now it's a hellscape.
Mars therefore cannot be "terraformed" with an atmosphere by nuking the polar ice (Musk likes this idea).
Anything resembling an atmosphere will be wiped away immediately by the sun.
Mars also lacks some essential chemicals for growing plants; I believe Nitrogen is one.
The same solar rays bombarding Mars makes walking around deadly; you have to live in a cave or underground to survive.
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Instead, change the re-entry profile and hope for the best.
Because everything with the program is over budget and far behind schedule, it can't be tested.
Here's NASA's explanation of why they think the Orion Heat Shield won't fail with Artemis 2