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Warpy

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1. and just how hostile is the chemistry likely to be?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 05:31 PM

Mar 2024

There is a lot of nasty, toxic stuff in Martian dust. Putting humans on that planet is going to be a very bad idea until we know a lot more about it and how to protect humans against it.

Water might be there, but it's going to be full of stuff we're not evolved to tolerate.

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and just how hostile is the chemistry likely to be? Warpy Mar 2024 #1