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kbd512

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Re: Iron and Steel on Mars

Void,

They only have icons in their oceans if they're running Windows.  If that's the case, then the universe is doomed anyway.  Bill already got to them.  Long live the command line!

Void

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Registered: 2011-12-29

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Re: Iron and Steel on Mars

Yes, kdb512 that would eventually bring the "Blue Screen of Death" to the universe.

Thanks for catching that, I would probably not have reviewed to discover it otherwise.

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Void

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Registered: 2011-12-29

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Re: Iron and Steel on Mars

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets … 9c23&ei=10
Quote:

Researchers achieve breakthrough in steel production that could transform the industry: 'For the implementation of a fossil-free process in a full-scale production'
Story by Rick Kazmer • 1d • 3 min read

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Calliban

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From: Northern England, UK

Registered: 2019-08-18

Posts: 3,793

Re: Iron and Steel on Mars

Methane is discovered in Martian meteorites.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-dis … eteorites/

If we can find buried deposits of methane on Mars, it would be a useful resource for food production, plastics manufacture and metal ore reduction.

This is especially interesting regarding the potential presence of hydrocarbons on Mars.
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/aapg/e … ossibility

The northern plains appear to contain a deep layer of permafrost.  This could serve as a cap rock for methane that migrates upward from serpentinisation reactions occuring within a deep, water saturated layer.  Hydrogen is also possible.  But methane forms stable clathrates at high pressure, which could sequester the gas in permafrost for geological periods.  The northern plains could turn out to be a rich natural gas region.

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