Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars: Mars does not have a magnetosphere.
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Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars: Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a...
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One other big problem with Mars colonization that very few people talk about is that there are perchlorates everywhere, which is very poisonous to humans and very tough on equipment. Perchlorates are basically bleach, and if you injest even a little bit it wrecks your thyroid. So, to live on Mars, humans will have to figure out how to live in a devilishly poisonous place.
Toxic Mars: Astronauts Must Deal with Perchlorate on the Red Planet
The toxic chemical perchlorate may be good news for the possibility of life on Mars, but it will pose a danger to exploring astronaut crews.
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