PipfordSep 11, 2024

"Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars"

It's great to see someone FINALLY mention the magnetosphere issue, in the very first sentence no less, but this article rips into the idea so much more thoroughly than that, and with admirable gusto.

#skeptic #musk #mars

https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars

Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector

Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic active dynamo at Mars’s dead core? No? Well. It’s fine. I’m sure you have some other workable, sustainable plan…

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@anandamide @rootwyrm It has been speculated that lava tubes might be the answer to long term stays in places like Mars or the Moon.

BUT…

There is still no practical way to shield from the radiation during the trip. Currently, NASA has only two approaches to this problem: send older astronauts and get them there and back as fast as possible.

Sep 12, 2024 at 3:25amWeb