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How much more likely is it for a colony on Mars to receive a damaging meteorite hit than a similar structure on Earth?
Meteorite damage probability is low both on Mars and Earth, but Earth has a thick atmosphere, which Mars does not. The thinner atmosphere on Mars should yield some increase of impact probability.
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How deep a crater could an impactor spacecraft cause on Mars?
What would the best way be to crash an impactor into Mars with greatest topological effect? And how deep a crater could it excavate?
Mars missions to date have been designed to approach the planet at ...
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Would the one million people on Mars be killed by an impact equivalent to an Extinction Level Event on Earth
If there are cities on Mars in the second half of this century with say a million people, they will be living in engineered structures and sustained by agriculture in protected, controlled ...
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Is there a meteorite from Earth on Mars?
No body is immune to impact by other bodies. Earth too is no stranger to body-play; Micro-micro meteorites accumulate by the giga-ton annually in the form of dust. Larger impact bodies such as the ...
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Minimum size meteoroids for meteorites on Earth, Mars, and the Moon?
What approximate size range, considering the different construction and composition, must meteoroids be to become meteorites on Earth, Mars, and the Moon?
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What risk management options are available for Mars orbiters and rovers to mitigate threat of impacting with Siding Spring cometary debris?
I was reading this article on New Scientist titled Fiercest meteor shower on record to hit Mars via comet. Long story short, the Oort cloud comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring is predicted to near-miss Mars ...
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Any explanation for morphology of within crater formations on the northern Nili Patera caldera of the Syrtis Major volcanic plain of Mars?
The Nili Patera region has enjoyed fairly good media exposure recently, ever since high detail HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) photographs hit the Internet, showing fabulous sand ...
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