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Void

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Hydrated Minerals as a water source on Mars

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-resources … orers.html
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ULY 15, 2024

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Could resources on Mars support human explorers?
by Matt Williams, Universe Today

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The second view on the left, shows some blue and green markings in the Hellas Depression.

If you right click the image, you get an option to magnify, and that may help to see them.

Why this could be important is Hellas would have some good conditions for landing due to atmospheric thickening.  If you had water, even from Hydrated Minerals perhaps you could manufacture Methane for rocket fuel.  As for humans, the ISS has shown that tight recycling of water is possible.

The rift valley also has those conditions closer to the equator, but with less favorable landing conditions, still with some favor.

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Last edited by Void (2024-07-15 17:14:44)

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tahanson43206

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Re: Hydrated Minerals as a water source on Mars

This post is reserved for an index to posts that may be contributed by NewMars members over time.

Best wishes for success with this promising new topic.

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