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Could not silica aerogel dramatically increase the atmospheric pressure on Mars?
In the NASA article Want to Colonize Mars ? Aerogel Could Help a study about the potential of aerogel as a building material on Mars is reviewed.
In an experiment 2-3 centimeters of silica aerogel ...
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What are the temperature and pressure inside the CO$_2$ deposit on Mars?
Within the CO$_2$ deposit near the south pole on Mars, according to this article 3 subunits have been found with one having a top CO$_2$ layer of about 300 meters thick covered by a water ice layer ...
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Will the sinking of a nuclear reactor into the CO$_2$ deposit on Mars cause a huge explosion? [closed]
Within the CO$_2$ deposit near the south pole of Mars, according to this article 3 subunits have been found with one having a top CO$_2$ layer of about 300 meters thick covered by a water ice layer ...
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Is there a known way a nuclear heating device could move around in the CO$_2$ deposit on Mars? [closed]
What would be an easier way to start terraforming Mars than evaporizing the CO$_2$ deposit near the south pole ?
An autonomous nuclear heating device of about 1000 kg for instance, that landed on ...
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What is the most economical way to vaporize the CO₂ deposit near the south pole of Mars?
In April 2011 NASA announced that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had found a large, buried deposit of frozen carbon dioxide at the planet's south pole. It has a volume of about 12,000 cubic ...
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