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Solar panels work fine, in the summer

Nick Hoffman — 6/30/2008 12:47:18 AM (archived)

If you were literally at the pole, you'd need to upsize them slightly, but no big issue. Heck, they even went seriously through the design process to have a solar-powered polar lander with a probe to melt through the icecap (because they weren't allowed nuclear)

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Martian soil is dry, mildly salty, and... - alcaray - 6/26/2008 11:13:06 PM
- The pH level is between 8 and 9; very alkaline martian soil. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:25:56 PM
  - Instead of the adjective, "very", the adjective, "evidently", wiould do better. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:50:31 PM
- Mmmm... Aparagus... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2008 3:09:59 AM
  - re: Mmmm... Aparagus... - pb - 6/27/2008 5:55:28 AM
    - "Damn frustrating that we could not send six Phoenix landers in stead of one." - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2008 10:10:36 PM
      - Solar panels work fine, in the summer - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2008 12:47:18 AM
- Oxidizers - dtb - 6/27/2008 1:40:11 AM
  - Don't know but there may be big differences between polar locations and equatorial ones (where the Vikings went). (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2008 3:20:33 AM
- Martian Asparagus - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2008 12:29:12 AM
  - Asparagus?...I think green beans would do better...It would also explain the martian methane detection. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:48:02 PM
    - Martha Stewart s..."LIVING" on MARS - carl - 6/27/2008 3:35:18 PM
      - Are you starting a collection to get her there? (n/t) - nick hoffman - 6/28/2008 9:55:34 AM
      - It's a GOOD thing! (n/t) - ER - 6/27/2008 4:55:58 PM
      - LOL!!! (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:14:40 PM
  - Now we know what the Spiders eat (n/t) - pb - 6/27/2008 3:22:15 AM
  - Think of how tall it could grow. And magic beans, maybe. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/27/2008 2:29:09 AM
  - Asparagus from MARS!!!! - pb - 6/27/2008 1:45:59 AM
    - [snort!] (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 4:39:54 AM
      - Is that a 'White Mars' joke? - pb - 6/27/2008 5:28:57 AM
        
        [groan] (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 2:36:59 PM
        
        Why so grumpy lately? (n/t) - pb - 6/27/2008 6:25:49 PM
        
        No no no, I'm Sneezy (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 7:19:11 PM
        
        Dwarfed by comparison - pb - 6/28/2008 2:16:36 AM
        
        'sept you left out a few.... (n/t) - Bashful - 6/28/2008 6:16:47 PM
    - lol (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2008 4:25:12 AM
- A question. - Bowser - 6/26/2008 11:36:31 PM
  - Mars DOES have geological processes... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2008 2:08:15 AM
    - The first high-temp TEGA results indicate trace hydrated minerals present. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:51:26 PM
    - So why did they say the Viking results were like hydrogen peroxide? - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:16:56 AM
      - Alkaline reaction could be trace of superoxide in this lithosol - bruced - 6/29/2008 7:41:08 AM
        
        regolith is the generally accepted term for 'soils"on a planet/moon - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2008 12:48:48 AM
      - Super Oxidisers or otherwise... - Adam Crowl - 6/27/2008 10:36:21 PM

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