Jul 23, 2020 · Sufficiently many people (a commonly guesstimated figure being a million) living on Mars could eventually be a completely self-sustaining civilisation. Perhaps a sufficiently large …

Dec 5, 2019 · A recent answer included the following:. For example if you were to start a colony on mars, in this order for supplies and other necessities to be delivered there would need to be …

Jun 11, 2014 · However, the Mars mission could be done much more slowly, by establishing a small base and slowly expanding it using largely local resources. By comparison, having only …

Jun 2, 2020 · Just getting to Mars will take longer than a typical ISS mission lasts. The Moon could be used as a literal stepping stone to get to Mars. If we can process raw materials into …

Jun 5, 2021 · Since the solar flux per unit area decreases as the square of the distance and the distances from the Sun of the Earth and Mars are 149.6 (10) 6 km and 229.9 (10) 6 km …

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Aug 19, 2016 · After the Phobos trip, there would be a short-surface-stay mission to Mars, described as similar to Apollo 17, in 2039. This still doesn't sound quite like what you're asking …

There's only so much bandwidth, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in the ideal conditions puts out 6Mbits, and Curiosities direct to earth data rate is ~15-32kbps, or at up to 8Mbits to the …

The ISS is not designed to operate far from Earth, as it requires constant resupply. If we have trouble resupplying it in low earth orbit, how hard will it be on the way to Mars, and then in …

Apr 13, 2017 · Unlike a Mars colony, a colony on Phobos could easily lift off and move to another location, as the gravity is very low. Here is a pdf on missions to the moons of Mars and their …