Posted on 11/14/2019 11:29:07 AM PST by ShadowAce
I’m so glad I don’t live on Mars anymore. With all the CO2 in the atmosphere, the plants were getting absolutely hugh!
Fire rockets full of kudzu at it.
There are permanganate compounds in the soil. This is a type of chemical compound which incorporates a large oxygen content. Very active chemical available if perhaps there are some Martian microbes, which can process this for metabolic energy.
So Curiosity has gone ~4x its projected operating cycle.
We’d know if some things went on the blink: a broken wheel or camera that went glitchy. But some of these accessories that take measurements, such as what is being discussed in the article, how do we know if these readings are truly accurate?
I suppose that, good or bad, all these readings are benchmarks that will verified or challenged in the future. But I wonder if, so long as they are operating, their measurements will continue to be as accurate now as on the day the rovers landed.
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And in a few years the whole planet will be KUDZU.
Scratch ‘truly accurate’. Insert ‘still accurate.’
bkmk
[[Nobody knows what’s creating oxygen on Mars]]
Al Gore invented oxygen on Mars
Fastest and cheapest way to terraform the place.
Mars has CO2, so what’s the problem?
Don Cheadle’s plants.
Would water vapor increase detectable Oxygen?
“Before you start dreaming of a subterranean race of Martian monsters, it’s important to know that this isn’t a smoking gun for life on Mars. In fact, it’s far from it. There are natural processes that can generate oxygen in the absence of life, and since we have yet to find evidence of life on the Red Planet, yet can’t rule it out, scientists are considering all possible options.”
This still doesn’t answer what is “using” it once it is made.
I love Thomas Gold. He was exactly right.
My highly unscientific guess is that nothing is using it. Given the lack of atmospheric pressure, I'm gonna say that it all just dissipates out into space.
He's one of my favorite polymaths.
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