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VMA131Marine

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10. Water itself is not radioactive,

Reply to haele (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:34 PM

Jun 2025

Unless it’s made with tritium, which is very rare. The soil on Mars is not inherently radioactive but it is blasted with cosmic rays that don’t reach the ground on Earth due to our magnetic field.

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On Musk's plans for a settlement on Mars: do present space orbiters have water generating devices, as water is very... [View all] brush Jun 2025 OP

Mars definitely has lots of water VMA131Marine Jun 2025 #1

Thanks for the info on Mars water. That's verified? brush Jun 2025 #3

Mars also has a lot of arsenic in the soil pretty much everywhere they've explored... haele Jun 2025 #7

Water itself is not radioactive, VMA131Marine Jun 2025 #10

Thanks. Good reasoning. brush Jun 2025 #16

...thought it completely through... back to the drawing boards. republianmushroom Jun 2025 #2

There is no nice Van Allen belt around Mars. Liberal In Texas Jun 2025 #4

Can we please fast forward to that part? SheltieLover Jun 2025 #6

No, they won't. VMA131Marine Jun 2025 #12

They would have to figure a way to live underground. Liberal In Texas Jun 2025 #20

Some active astronauts have been blocked from future LastDemocratInSC Jun 2025 #22

See this: "Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars" highplainsdem Jun 2025 #5

Thank you. What a great read. I love the last sentence and a half. "... before any individual life got advanced enough.. brush Jun 2025 #9

Humans will die from radiation on Mars edhopper Jun 2025 #8

Elon should hop in his cyber--truck and take a look himself. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #11

The Martians would laugh him back to Earth when they got a look at that insanely ugly and poorly designed cybertruck. brush Jun 2025 #14

Martians are sensitive about an earthling flashing his navel at them. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #19

Heehee. And his chainsaw and drug habit. brush Jun 2025 #21

Eloon's plans have always been, well, a bit exaggerated to say the least BUT a human outpost there is quite doable Cheezoholic Jun 2025 #13

On The Bright Side... ProfessorGAC Jun 2025 #17

Thanks for a very thoughtful read. The moon is it then. brush Jun 2025 #18

The more pressing question is where do they get a breathable atmosphere? MineralMan Jun 2025 #15