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#26 2025-07-27 22:33:39
- Void
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Re: hidden-glaciers-mars
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-mars-glac … ously.html
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Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows
by Mikayla Mace Kelley, Planetary Science Instituteedited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin
Here is one possible low latitude glacier. Maybe it also has a high ice content: https://scitechdaily.com/stunning-disco … d-on-mars/ Quote:
If so, then Mars may be a more promising planet than has been thought.
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#27 Today 01:48:57
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Re: hidden-glaciers-mars
Interesting. A thick layer of compact dust would maintain a stable temperature in ice whilst providing a static overpressure. There may still be ice here.
It should be possible to store large quantities of liquid water on Mars in lightly pressurised underground tanks. At 4°C, the vapour pressure of water is 8.1mbar. So it should be stable at Mars ambient temperatures in most locations, if stored in an airtight container.
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"Plan and prepare for every possibility, and you will never act. It is nobler to have courage as we stumble into half the things we fear than to analyse every possible obstacle and begin nothing. Great things are achieved by embracing great dangers."
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#28 Today 11:03:28
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Re: hidden-glaciers-mars
I would also speculate that robot and human habitats could be carved into extremely slow moving glacier ice.
For robots maybe -10 degC, and then inside of that perhaps room temperatures for humans.
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