"No" nitrogen on Mars, eh, Nick...
Hmmm, C14 usually produced by cosmic radiation striking nitrogen... and no more nitrogen...
The problem is short term half life isotopes of organic chemicals.
From the long lived isotope ratios in the SNCs, some initial estimate can be formed as to Mars annual radiation exposure, at least for some limited areas at the time of ejection. Note that the effects of travel through raw space also have to be included.
Then you have the secondary radiation releases caused by initial isotope decay on Mars. The you have tertiary releases...
Mars radiation is like an std, it just keeps giving and giving.... gravity with no magnetic field... concentration of heavier isotopes by gravity...
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Space/Science » in reply to Thanks, Nick... but you missed the atom bomb effect
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The whole thread (34 posts)
- Our own Nick on CNN
- re: Our own Nick on CNN is confused about life on Mars
- Not confused at all
- What's wrong with inconsistent theories, anyway?
- re: Not confused at all
- Uhhh, Barry - Exactly how radioactive is Mars?
- Excuse me EP...
- re: Uhhh, Ed - How radioactive is Three Mile Island Nuclear reactor?
- Not relevant to Mars radioactivity - How radioactive is Mars, Barry?
- re: SNC meteorites pose no dangers to terrestrial microbes
- Not relevant to Mars radioactivity - How radioactive is Mars, Barry?
- re: Uhhh, Ed - How radioactive is Three Mile Island Nuclear reactor?
- re: Uhhh, Ed - How radioactive is Three Mile Island Nuclear reactor?
- Uhhh, Barry - Exactly how radioactive is Mars?
- re:NASAs search for life on Mars hardly seems "Desperate" to me. (n/t)
- Uh...Barry
- Not confused at all
- re: Our own Nick on CNN is confused about life on Mars
