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  Re: 1st Mars Colonists Should Be 'Prepared to Die,' Elon Musk Says jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-10-02 16:53 +0000

#599126 — Re: 1st Mars Colonists Should Be 'Prepared to Die,' Elon Musk Says

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In sci.physics David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 2016-10-01, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com <jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com> wrote:
>> There are no readily available resources on Mars, not even for something
>> as simple as cement.
> 
> Bzzt. Iron (rust) ore. CO2. Rock. Solar radiation.

Which will get you warm rust.

Iron is basically useless for anything other than frying pans and
decorative fences; you need steel.

Read what it takes to make steel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel

And that just gets you the raw stock, not finished goods.

> You're probably starting rather higher up the "need the tools to make the
> tools" list than you think you are, or else WAY lower.

You don't seem to understand what it takes to turn dirt into a nut and bolt.
 
> (And hey, use the moons for "asteroid" mining and you've got resources RIGHT
> THERE instead of "coming from Earth and Saturn's rings".)

Yeah, the asteroids are just full of things like screws, insulated wire,
and sheet metal, not to mention plastic.

>> It takes a huge amount of people and equipment to make something as
>> simple as a ventilation fan motor
> 
> ... okay, yeah, way higher up. Motor != simple. Ventilation fan != simple, if
> you're thinking of one machined to precise tolerances and made on an assembly
> line, no.

Nope, to make a motor you have to have all sorts of other things like
wire, metal stock, insulation, etc. You have to have all the stuff
found in a good hardware and industrial supply store.

> Also, guys, BE AWARE YOU'RE CROSSPOSTING, to a couple different places that
> are NOT used to the arguments that long ago got "settled" in your particular
> newsgroup; keeping the crossposting will have all three groups yelling at each
> other for a long time.
> 
> Dave

Be aware that it is not me that did all the silly crossposting.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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