Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

jacob navia <jacob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Einar wrote:
:>
:> This Mars talk is mostly hypothetical, as a Mars mission is very
:> unlikely to occur within the next 30 years.
:>
:> But if we take examples from Earth, Eskimoes could achieve fairly
:> reasonable temperatures within iglooes...where the temperatures were
:> as bad as - 50C. Now, a hypothetical Mars dvelling might be dug down a
:> bit, say halfway down, then the remainder covered with material taken
:> from the surrounding ground.
:>
:> It sounds reasonable that such a low tech approach can achieve pretty
:> reasonable degree of protection from the environment. Then add in
:> hightech equipment to close the loop.
:>
:
:Yes, underground the temperature can be higher. But -80 to -100
:are normal night time temperatures.
:
:And the problem is that this approach doesn't work with *vehicles*
:

You grossly underestimate what can be done with insulated vehicles.


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