I could never do something like this, no matter how safe they say it would be I'd always be horrified something could go horribly wrong
How things will decomposate on mars? On earth it happen because of all the bacterial colony and insects. So dead people may not decomposate there right?
[QUOTE=pac0master;41808980]How things will decomposate on mars? On earth it happen because of all the bacterial colony and insects. So dead people may not decomposate there right?[/QUOTE]
there's no ecosystem to recycle the matter of a corpse on mars, yes. but the surface of mars is also really harsh in comparison to earth's. when the sun is down, the body will freeze, and when day breaks, it will thaw, which is going to cause a good deal of degradation. furthermore, this is the surface of a planet which is very conducive to sand(dust)storms. there's a really thin, dry atmosphere (which would normally be ideal for preservation) but there are these storms of dust that gnaw away at the surface. if the body isn't buried as the landscape shifts, then the tiny particles whipping around will break it down really quickly.
what's interesting is how mars's super thin atmosphere influences these storms. since the atmosphere is so much less dense than earth's, 'strong' winds don't push nearly as hard as if they were generated on earth. but the dust gathers in massive clouds, without much variation in weather patterns to break them up. so these huge clouds of dust just sweep across the landscape very rapidly, even though it would seem like there weren't any strong winds out that day.
[QUOTE=DeanWinchester;41791761]Any facepunch user would be the perfect candidate then.[/QUOTE]
Nah man we'll be ground control
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[QUOTE=Dierag;41784244]There will totally be a space orgy within the first few months[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=DChapsfield;41812033]there's no ecosystem to recycle the matter of a corpse on mars, yes. but the surface of mars is also really harsh in comparison to earth's. when the sun is down, the body will freeze, and when day breaks, it will thaw, which is going to cause a good deal of degradation. furthermore, this is the surface of a planet which is very conducive to sand(dust)storms. there's a really thin, dry atmosphere (which would normally be ideal for preservation) but there are these storms of dust that gnaw away at the surface. if the body isn't buried as the landscape shifts, then the tiny particles whipping around will break it down really quickly.
what's interesting is how mars's super thin atmosphere influences these storms. since the atmosphere is so much less dense than earth's, 'strong' winds don't push nearly as hard as if they were generated on earth. but the dust gathers in massive clouds, without much variation in weather patterns to break them up. so these huge clouds of dust just sweep across the landscape very rapidly, even though it would seem like there weren't any strong winds out that day.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I've been thinking about the Erosion effect caused by Air and Friction etc. ( I made a longer comment explaining it but i had an error and just asked that simple question)
Also, I still wonder how they will survive there for a long period of time, harvesting plants etc on earth take months and it need ecosystem and insects suchs as Bees and butterflies for the pollen to move around. They would need to Get heavily Genetically modified seeds and some sort of Food printer to get part of the job done.
The light atmosphere make it hard to survive and there is no or almost no Magnetic Field preventing the sun's radiation hitting the surface. It will be a very very Hard Challenge to start the first colony.
I am pretty sure the first group who get there may not even survive for a few months... After all its in about 10 years. But Technology is always advancing faster than ever, I hope It will be a success!
I wonder how many of those 100,000 really would like to go there in the end
i have a feeling that they won't have to die on mars i'm pretty sure sometime between now and 50 years we'll have technology to get them back to earth
Where do i sign?
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