Re: Mars Viewmaster

On Apr 6, 5:12 am, Willie.Moo...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Why would we want to explore Mars?

Because it has water, weather, the possibility of life and a geologic
history extending back to the formation of the solar system.

As a preamble to its eventual settlement and development.  Duh!

Why would we want to do that?

To expand the resources available to industrial humanity beyond what's
available here on Earth.

Why Mars?

Because all the elements are there for survival - its a stepping stone
to other worlds - 120,000 of them circling the Sun in the asteroid
belt, and the Kuiper Belt.

The gravity well of mars makes it more of a pothole than a pitstop on
road to utilizing the resources of the asteroids.

Sabatier Reactors have been built and operated in space.

Please site source.

Nuclear Reactors have been built andoperated in space.

Only thermal electric generators have been used, and none have been
built there.

The five ton entry for the nuclear reactor includes all the hardware
it drives, including the rover and chemical plant.

The nuclear reactor would be placed a kilometer away from all other
operations.

A 12,000 sq ft umbrella?   How does that work?  It doesn't!

Pound it in the ground?  How on an unpiloted ship?  You're not
thinking clearly.

The reflectors would be no more than a couple of meters in diameter.
On mars, the 0.38 g, small force of the wind and lack of rain or
snowfall might make this alternative advantagous. A robotic system
for pounding probes into the ground isn't far fetched. The human
equivalent is a common means of soil study on earth. Using the same
technology to set up a power source could be very practical.

Although a light weight inflatable concentrator, attached to the ship
itself, would work well to reduce the mass of the system and if the
heat were used along with eletricity in a high temperature
eletrolyzer, efficiencies would be quite high in making hydogen.

Can you give an example of an existing system?

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