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  • Yeah, I predict that in the future, you can't expect that content on the internet is written by humans. If you go to the internet, then it will probably not be to connect to other humans. Maybe you want to know something that a bot can tell you or you have some administrative task to fulfill, like filing a form.

  • [thought] Mars' atmospheric density will increase due to oxygen.
  • So, the major issue with settling moon is resource availability: water (!), carbon, fertile soil, and energy.

    On the moon you have none of that. Maybe, with a lot of luck, you find water somewhere. Then you need carbon, energy during the long moon nights, and soil that isn't razor sharp particles.

    On Mars, you have all of them: low concentrations of water in the atmosphere, carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, soil that isn't razor sharp (thanks to erosion), and the nights are short enough that you can make it through them.

  • The significance of water on mars
  • Yeah I've been thinking about condensing the water out of the air, too. Problem is: how do you do that? If you use chemical dessication agents, then it's effectively the same as if you let the soil absorb the water from the atmosphere. Just that the soil is already there and you don't need to artificially manufacture dessicants. So it's a bit simpler.

  • The significance of water on mars

    All life is based on large quantities of Water. The same will be true on Mars. There has to be a major and reliable source of water on Mars.

    What options are there? I read an interesting article yesterday that said "Our results show a two-order-of-magnitude diurnal variation of water vapor pressure, suggesting a strong atmosphere-regolith interchange", in other words, the soil on Mars extracts water out of the atmosphere in the nighttime and releases it in the daytime. This means that if we collect the soil and "bake" it, it would release water vapor in a controlled environment. We could then condense that water vapor to get useful/useable water.

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    [question] radiation in space
  • thanks, the link is interesting.

    The value proposition would be that it is important to understand the exact radiation pattern/schemes if we ever want to routinize spaceflight. In other words: effective solutions (to the problem of radiation) requires detailed knowledge of what the problem actually is, in other words, what kind of radiation are we talking about.

  • Großteil des Schuldes am Sieg der AfD sind die etablierten Parteien. Tirade?
  • Klare Analysen und sachliche Argumente würden die Rechtspopulisten dumm dastehen lassen. Leider habe ich das Erfahren, dass jeder der gegen Migration ist automatisch (a) als Ausländerfeind und (a.2) als Rassist und (b) als Menschenfeind und Arschloch bevorurteilt wird. Es fällt mir sehr schwer, in dieser ganzen Diskussion jemanden zu finden, der die Argumente sachlich sieht:

    • Die Bindung zwischen "Blut und Boden" geht auf die feudale mittelalterliche Bauerngesellschaft zurück, und ist durch jahrtausende (!!!) tief ins soziale Unterbewusstsein eingewandert. Sowas entfernt man nicht durch ein "ja aber die Migranten tun uns doch eh nichts, die sind doch lieb, lernt sie doch einfach einmal kennen". Das verschärft nur die Konflikte, weil der Punkt nicht verstanden wurde. Wenn man anfängt, jahrtausende menschlicher Kultur geringschätzen zu wollen, führt das zu einem Bürgerkrieg.
    • die anderen Punkte überlege ich mir später.
  • Degrowth 101
  • Things like solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, hydroelectric, hydrogen, wave power, and fanciful notions like energy beamed from space and nuclear fusion may play an increasing role in our energy mix in the coming decades. But none of them alone can replace fossil fuels. Even when we add them all together, these “green” fuels can’t help us avoid catastrophic climate change [...]

    Do you have actual arguments for this? Renewable energy can provide a lot of power; The way the article says it makes it sound as if we should neglect these contributions; What makes you think that renewable energy is less important than degrowth?

  • Online-Dating: Über Unsicherheiten, Vorurteile und Dating-Burnout
  • Noch ein Problem: Jede Dating-App ist ein "walled garden" - meist gibt es so 3 aktive Teilnehmer je Plattform. Würden die Apps mal zusammenarbeiten/offene Standards definieren, könnte man den Austausch und damit die aktive Mitgliederzahl erhöhen.

  • Großteil des Schuldes am Sieg der AfD sind die etablierten Parteien. Tirade?
  • Ein durchschnittlicher AfD-Wähler wählt AfD weil er denkt dass Migration das Problem ist (ob das richtig ist oder nicht ist jetzt nicht die Frage). Wenn eine andere Partei, nennen wir sie CxU, Migration zu stoppen verspricht, dann kann der AfD-Wähler immerhin die CxU wählen, was eine Schadensreduzierung um etwa 90% ist, weil wenn die AfD gewählt wird, werden sie nicht nur (vermeintlich) Migration stoppen, sondern auch das Sozialsystem abschaffen, Sicherheiten in der Bevölkerung abbauen, einen haufen "unhinged" Scheiße vorantreiben, usw...

    Also ist es doch wohl besser, wenn "die anderen Parteien auch mal versprechen Migration zu stoppen", nicht?

    Nebenbei:

    Denn die Botschaft, die dadurch gesendet wird ist: “Ok, wir geben es zu, die AfD hat eigentlich recht, und wir versuchen jetzt mal schnell, ihr hinterherzudackeln.”

    Nein. Die Botschaft, die dadurch gesendet wird, ist "wir hören euch zu, wir nehmen eure Anliegen ernst" an die Bevölkerung. Das ist doch 'ne gute Sache.

  • [thought] Mars' atmospheric density will increase due to oxygen.

    Hear me out. This thought process requires a bit of knowledge of physics/chemistry.

    On the martian poles, there are vast quantities of frozes CO2. This frozen CO2 exerts a certain "vapor pressure" - in other words, a certain partial pressure of gaseous CO2.

    Now, if we convert this CO2 into O2 by removing the carbon out of it, the concentration of O2 in the atmosphere increases. And therefore, the concentration (and partial pressure) of CO2 decreases.

    But since the frozen CO2 on the poles causes a certain partial pressure of CO2, a bit of the frozen CO2 will go into gaseous phase to refill the CO2 partial pressure.

    So, by converting CO2 into O2, the concentration of O2 increases, but the concentration of CO2 stays approximately the same. As such, the total pressure (and density) of the atmosphere increases. This would happen if large-scale biological photosynthesis/growth took place.

    Any thoughts?

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    [thought] Mars' atmospheric density will increase due to oxygen.

    Hear me out. This thought process requires a bit of knowledge of physics/chemistry.

    On the martian poles, there are vast quantities of frozes CO2. This frozen CO2 exerts a certain "vapor pressure" - in other words, a certain partial pressure of gaseous CO2.

    Now, if we convert this CO2 into O2 by removing the carbon out of it, the concentration of O2 in the atmosphere increases. And therefore, the concentration (and partial pressure) of CO2 decreases.

    But since the frozen CO2 on the poles causes a certain partial pressure of CO2, a bit of the frozen CO2 will go into gaseous phase to refill the CO2 partial pressure.

    So, by converting CO2 into O2, the concentration of O2 increases, but the concentration of CO2 stays approximately the same. As such, the total pressure (and density) of the atmosphere increases. This would happen if large-scale biological photosynthesis/growth took place.

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    Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars
    phys.org Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars

    Researchers have identified specific materials, including certain plastics, rubber, and synthetic fibers, as well as Martian soil (regolith), which would effectively protect astronauts by blocking harmful space radiation on Mars. These findings could inform the design of protective habitats and spac...

    Researchers identify effective materials for protecting astronauts from harmful cosmic radiation on Mars

    geteilt von: https://programming.dev/post/18559379

    > cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/16484

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    [question] radiation in space

    Does anybody have good data on what radiation exists in space?

    I have found sporadic information, such as on Wikipedia but I wonder whether there's nicer, clear structured information on this topic?

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    [discuss] essential elements for survival on mars

    Hi there, I'd like to connect with people to discuss technical aspects of settlement of mars.

    I'd look at a house on earth and ask: what things have to be supplied from the outside; what things can be produced inside the house? Houses on earth have piping for water, and cabling for electricity.

    Plants can be grown in a green-house using these two ingredients, and the people can sleep in a spaceship.

    Comment whatever comes to your mind.

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    TIL: PeerTube

    There is a decentralized YouTube alternative.

    Video hosting is notoriously expensive. PeerTube circumvents this problem, because videos aren't stored on some single server, which would cause high bandwidth cost for the server operator, but largely by the users after they watched them, similar to BitTorrent. This way, the cost of video hosting is distributed among the clients, by using their internet connectivity for sharing.

    I believe that PeerTube is an interesting project, and I'd ask you to check it out. It's cool.

    Similar to Lemmy, it's not a single running server, but rather a software that can be used to set up a server. So there's many instances. I'm still exploring which instances are interesting. If you have any recommendations, I'd like to hear them.

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    The princess and the pea

    I cannot explain why but I feel that this belongs here.

    What is shown is some kind of re-interpretation of the "princess and the pea" saga. Instead of showing the princess' over-sensitivity to small things, it displays the princess' love for plants and nature. In this way, sensitivity is interpreted and seen as something positive, which I can appreciate.

    geteilt von: https://lemmy.ml/post/16677826

    > Watercolors and colored pencils

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    I, for one, welcome our solar overlords

    Tell your republican friends/colleagues/whatever that solar panels are a good thing because they let Jesus into our lives.

    Hopefully that will accelerate the green energy revolution.

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