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Nice Analysis But

Mark Eby — 1/21/2004 12:00:43 AM (archived)

Try running the numbers with modern photosythetic efficiencies. Your conclusions are probably still valid, but you need an order of magnitude less collection area. Nuclear power is clearly the way to start a colony with solar power from local resources to expand it. I don't think a colony will be practical without CATS.

Regards,
Mark

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"New Jamestown" first permanent colony on Mars - William Anderson - 1/20/2004 12:56:25 AM
- It would take a religous movement. Like the quakers, a religous sect on Earth would be seeking a new place for just "them" - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 8:04:00 PM
  - That is the future of space travel. - Lee - 1/21/2004 7:56:26 AM
  - Yes The Religion Is Called Mathematics - Mark Eby - 1/20/2004 11:51:14 PM
- The problem is simple: The equipment and supplies required for a permanent colony would dwarf the requirements for a return trip. - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 2:59:56 PM
  - That is the Catch-22 - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 8:29:39 PM
  - A way to make it a bit easier. - Lee - 1/20/2004 7:58:47 PM
    - Try working backwards. Figure out what the minimum self-sustaining Mars colony would be like, and work from there to what it would require. - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 9:14:39 PM
      - minimum NON-self-sustaining Mars outpost - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 5:17:14 AM
      - Nice Analysis But - Mark Eby - 1/21/2004 12:00:43 AM
    - Wrong URL - Lee - 1/20/2004 8:00:46 PM
- Jamestown or Roanoke? - Lee - 1/20/2004 5:58:44 AM
  - re: Jamestown or Roanoke? - R.L. - 1/20/2004 6:35:59 AM
    - You thought of that too. - Lee - 1/20/2004 6:51:47 AM
- Just a couple of things - FrankC - 1/20/2004 1:48:18 AM
  - What's wrong with 1/6th G? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 2:22:33 PM
    - Sorry Jacob - FrankC - 1/21/2004 1:58:39 AM
    - Can I take your silence, Frank, to mean agreement? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 8:36:58 PM
  - Comments - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 3:40:16 AM
    - mice - FrankC - 1/20/2004 4:55:42 AM
      - Of Mice and Men - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 8:16:32 AM
        
        New Links On Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program - Mark Eby - 1/20/2004 11:47:25 PM
      - re: mice - SteveS - 1/20/2004 5:24:26 AM

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