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Void just posted about relativistic electrons...
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 80#p236180
You would probably have read the post anyway, but I would like to point it out as a possible source of great questions for your AI friend!
The article Void cited describes use of electrons as propellant but it does not reveal where the electrons are coming from.
Electrons are NOT created on the space craft, so they must be created somewhere else and (somehow) collected by the spacecraft for use as propellant. It think this might be a question our readers would find interesting.
When you post answers from your AI Friend, please be sure to include the query. We can often learn as much from the query as we can from the answer.
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Nice image in https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 86#p236186
Please see if your AI Friend is capable of doing more than just offering hand waving and high level overviews.
We need specific equipment recommendations for Calliban's Dome.
GW Johnson is (currently) thinking about cooling air and removing water by creating an opening from the dome for passage of air to outside radiators. I am worried that precious thermal energy would be lost to the dome interior if that were done.
I think your illustration of a mechanism inside the dome has the opportunity to avoid loss of thermal energy to Mars.
Please see if your AI friend can recommend specific off-the-shelf products to handle the air inside Calliban's Dome.
Also... please consider going back to Calliban's original sketch of what the floor plan might look like. I think we've allowed ourselves to be distracted by the ideas of tiers of layers of housing. I know that Calliban introduced that idea, but I don't think we should give up on the Italian Plaza vision that Calliban showed us early on.
If we return to the Italian Plaza vision, then we are creating something that wealthy Martians can inhabit, and working Martians can visit for special occasions.
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