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#1 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Great Red Spot "vs" Red. Jr. (Jupiter) » 2008-03-07 12:47:07
False-color infrared image: Most recent w/ caption
*Beautiful photo regardless of false color infrared. IIRC, the bright white dot near upper center is one of the Galilean moons. I saw the photo and w/an article yesterday but cannot recall which web site; anyway, I thought I saw reference to one of the Galilean moons being in this photo.
it really is a nice photo - very high resolution, i'm not sure though the little white dot is one of the galilean moons, how can one be sure of this?
Ritchie from TheReefTank
#2 Re: Life support systems » Echoes from the Mars Society GreenCELSSTaskFORCE » 2008-02-20 13:23:13
As far as i know, viral diseases aren't transmitted through plants.
at least, i have never heard of a case of this sort happening.
bacterial diseases on the other hand can surely be transmitted through plants.
Ritchie from TheReefTank
#3 Re: Terraformation » Building Soil with Salt Marshes » 2008-02-16 11:20:09
Peat bogs are extremely inefficient places.
Just an additional thought, i don't believe water will freeze at 0c on a Mars with say 350 mb atmosphere?
Anyone like to hazzard a guess at the freeze point on Mars for water?
isn't it much colder then 0 celsius on mars?
i thought it's something like -40c or -30c most of the time...
Ritchie from TheReefTank
#4 Re: Civilization and Culture » Protien Sources for First Colonies - An idea » 2008-02-16 11:16:40
It looks like the first colonists on mars won't have many great choices of food! 
algea and fungus really doesn't sound too tasty.
but i guess theyr'e not going there for the food.
pioneers always have to struggle with difficult conditions, wether it's another continent or another planet...
Ritchie from TheReefTank
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