Timeline for What is the lowest tech level that could sustain life on Mars or the Moon?
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| Jan 23 at 14:40 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @Vesper The "ionized" thing is the part most people overlook for just how hard dust makes life on the moon. As the moon slowly turns, the dust ionizes kicking up a dust storm every lunar morning. So, not only does the moon get dust storms that will cover your solar panels, but then the ionized dust will want to cling to all of your equipment making it much harder to clean. It is the main reason why all previous plans to make permanent bases on the moon have been abandoned. | |
| Jan 14 at 7:00 | comment | added | Crazymoomin | @Vesper I don't believe the OP specified that independence from earth needed to happen immediately, as soon as the colony was established. If they don't have a decade or so to prepare then I think it would be near impossible for many other reasons, though perhaps if you send hundreds of supply ships with a few decades worth of supplies in advance then it might work. | |
| Jan 13 at 12:46 | comment | added | Vesper | @Crazymoomin energy independence together with fuel shipping? Just no. Yes it's practical, but no it's not qualified for indefinite or "long term (100 years)" survival as listed in the question. | |
| Jan 13 at 12:43 | comment | added | Vesper | @Nosajimiki well, on the Moon there's no wind, while the dust is indeed less round, I perceive dust problem on Moon being easier to cope with. Martian dust has hard impact on energy generation, while moon dust won't interfere with power grid unless moved by external impacts. | |
| Jan 12 at 23:04 | comment | added | njzk2 | there's wind on mars, just not carrying a lot of energy, due to the low density. solar can be just scaled up to compensate the lower power received | |
| Jan 12 at 18:01 | comment | added | Crazymoomin | It's worth pointing out that nuclear fuel is energy dense enough to be practical to ship from earth or the moon to mars. That would allow the mining infrastructure to be built out ready for energy independence. Solar on Mars would probably be relegated to very small outposts, autonomous vehicles that don't need to go anywhere fast, and as an emergency backup. | |
| Jan 11 at 15:08 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | Dust is an even bigger deal on the moon. Not only does it get on everything, but it is ionized and razor sharp so it likes to cling to whatever it gets on, and acts like sandpaper , badly damaging any sort of moving parts. | |
| Jan 11 at 11:56 | history | edited | Vesper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 11 at 11:40 | history | answered | Vesper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |