ooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWe might have accidentally killed the only life we ever found on Mars nearly 50 years agobigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down118
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkWe might have accidentally killed the only life we ever found on Mars nearly 50 years agobigthink.comooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
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minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoMars rovers are literally a rounding error in terms of our uses of earth’s resources. Any honest accounting in the future is probably going to be way more critical of wasteful practices that actually account for large percentages of resource usage.
minus-squareashok36@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoOnce methalox engines are the norm, we will be able to make fuel from CO2 and H2O, both of which we have more than enough of.
minus-squareMontagge@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 year agoI’ve heard this one before!
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoBut we can already do this with regular meth.
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Mars rovers are literally a rounding error in terms of our uses of earth’s resources. Any honest accounting in the future is probably going to be way more critical of wasteful practices that actually account for large percentages of resource usage.
Once methalox engines are the norm, we will be able to make fuel from CO2 and H2O, both of which we have more than enough of.
I’ve heard this one before!
But we can already do this with regular meth.