..., light on other key factors which would be necessary for success. His precondition for a self-sustaining civilisation on Mars is a population of one million people, who would be transported there, together with at least 10 tonnes of cargo per person...
...: that liquid briny flows capable of supporting microbial life could cover extensive regions of subsurface Mars. The question of ‘is there life on Mars’ is as old as the discovery of the Red Planet itself and to this day it still remains unanswerable...
... investigations and sample returns from Phobos and Deimos, and rendezvous and capture of Mars surface sample canisters in Mars orbit. The Mars Base Camp concept is built on a strong foundation of today’s technologies – making it safe, affordable and...
...almost exclusively in vacuum and therefore were more concerned with radiating excess heat than retaining it, the Mars colony would require systems to distribute heat throughout the habitat as well as insulate the environment to maintain a comfortable...
... been sufficient to carve Valles Marineris. With a volume of 9.85 million cubic kilometres, Valles Marineris is the largest canyon on Mars.But if water was not capable of carving it out, what was? Lava. Nonetheless, it still means that 98.5 million...
...). Core asteroid impacts should have enriched an appreciable fraction of preserved martian craters with metal ores, rendering Mars the greatest treasury of accessible rare metals in the solar system. Sacramento Station analogies The business benefits...