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Space/Science » in reply to Re: I wonder if their apparatus is available for further experiments

But how tough would the apparatus really be to make?

If you used some large od high pressure pipe, say in the 1 meter range and had it rated for say 400 psi, that should be plenty adequate.
Or even a propane tank?
But if it was custom made from some surplus tubing, you could put more practical hatches in it.
A sensor array to measure %relative humidity, pressure, temperature could be done, and I am sure a leak proof harness for leads and such could be arranged.
It could sit in a cooling bath, sort of a reverse thermos maybe.
Metal brittleness would have to be addressed, but I bet at these temperatures the allows needed are not too extreme.
A good high uv light source could easily be rated to work at the temps and pressures. A valving system should be fairly straight forward to move CO2 in and out along with an external pumping system to get down to Mars ground level pressures.
With a refrigerant bath and internal overhead heating elements, you could reproduce Mars better than an internal from-the-bottom heating system, I bet.
Should there be a telethon or something?
Ed

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