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What is the planned Nuwa city atmosphere?
Nuwa is a proposal for a large-scale permanent Martian settlement.
What is the planned atmospheric composition of Nuwa city's air? Will it be 15psi Oxygen/nitrogen, and trace gases or low partial ...
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How would a body be stored in a dark hole in the moon?
How well would the human body stay preserved if it was frozen while pressurized and vacuum sealed before being placed in a crater on the Moon? Would the temperature be more reliably stable on the moon ...
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What reasons are there (other than oxygen) Tardigrades can't survive Mars?
If Cyanobacteria or Lichens can survive on Mars could other small organisms like the Tardigrade then survive & flourish among them?
Due to the thicker atmosphere to be found the bottom of the ...
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How deep a valley or trench would be needed on Mars to provide the same atmospheric pressure as 6 km above sea level on Earth?
Atmospheric pressure increases the deeper you go & the highest growing plants on Earth have been found at a height of 6 km so how deep a trench would we need on Mars to provide similar air ...
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Can carbon dioxide be distilled from a Helium/Oxygen atmosphere by using natural refrigeration?
A simple air compressor compress carbon dioxide/water saturated helium/oxygen air in a tank to liquefy water from the air by pressure. Abstract the water, then refrigerate the carbon dioxide/helium/...
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What is the deepest place on Mars? Do humans need pressurized suits there?
Is there any particular deep area, trench, fissure, lava tube or otherwise on of Mars in which a person could survive with only an oxygen supply? How deep would plants or animals have to be in Mars ...
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Can air pressure be accumulated this way for a biodome or spacesuit?
Using plastic or rubber or something similar and transparent be inflated with each layer having a increasing pressure lessening the strain on the containing material? When one or two layers fails the ...
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Can plants thrive without atmospheric nitrogen?
One of deficit resources on Mars is nitrogen. There's a plenty of carbon dioxide, and a modest amount of water. There's a deficit of nitrogen, but AFAIK plants use nitrogen in compounds found in soil, ...
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A cloud-top colony on Venus, will it drift to the poles?
Suppose a cloud-top colony on Venus. Provided that it has no thrusting engines, where it will tend to go naturally with winds, to the equator, to the poles or elsewhere?
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What useful materials can be extracted from Venusian atmosphere?
Consider a cloud-top colony on Venus. What materials needed for the upkeep and expanding of the colony can be taken from Venusian atmosphere, excluding any possibility of mining the surface?
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What would be the best recipe for a breathable atmosphere in a base on the Moon?
I was reading Why does the ISS atmosphere contain nitrogen, and I wondered if some of the explanations there would also apply to a base on the Moon. There are considerations on the Moon that don't ...
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Could helmet-fogging occur on Mars, or on any other celestial body with an atmosphere?
When I drive in cold/wet weather the state of the roads is cause for concern. But more worrying is the risk of the wind-screen fogging over when least it should.
Space/Earth orbit is a different ...
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