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- 10:40, 21 November 2022 diff hist +92 Thorium Added link.
- 08:25, 21 November 2022 diff hist -2 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars grammar
- 08:20, 21 November 2022 diff hist +225 Radioactive Rarity on Mars →References: Added two references.
- 08:17, 21 November 2022 diff hist +561 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added another reference.
- 07:49, 21 November 2022 diff hist +247 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added 3 more references.
- 07:43, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars grammar
- 07:41, 21 November 2022 diff hist +19 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added a new category. added reference.
- 07:39, 21 November 2022 diff hist +770 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added 2 more examples of 'burning rocks' - nuclear energy potential of low grade ores.
- 07:24, 21 November 2022 diff hist +16 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added link.
- 07:23, 21 November 2022 diff hist +7 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Clarified what I meant by 'fuel' (U235) in this sentence.
- 07:12, 21 November 2022 diff hist +139 Thorium →Cost to refine: Calculated how poor Th ores would have to be to make no energy profit.
- 06:50, 21 November 2022 diff hist +445 Thorium →Cost to refine: Reworded argument to make clearer / fix flaw.
- 06:28, 21 November 2022 diff hist +83 m Thorium →Cost to refine
- 06:20, 21 November 2022 diff hist -1 m Thorium →Cost to refine
- 06:19, 21 November 2022 diff hist +116 m Thorium →Cost to refine: Showed my calculations, was even more conservative.
- 06:10, 21 November 2022 diff hist +2 m Thorium →Cost to refine
- 06:09, 21 November 2022 diff hist +348 Thorium →Cost to refine: Strengthened argument, by making conclusion very clear.
- 05:59, 21 November 2022 diff hist +33 Thorium →Carbonyl reactors: Polished sentence, made meaning clearer.
- 05:55, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Thorium →Concentration of thorium
- 05:54, 21 November 2022 diff hist +1 m Thorium →Concentration of thorium
- 05:54, 21 November 2022 diff hist +49 Thorium →Concentration of thorium: Added link, split run on sentence into two.
- 05:49, 21 November 2022 diff hist +32 m Low energy trajectories Changed wording to make arguments clearer. current
- 05:39, 21 November 2022 diff hist +24 m Thorium →Cost to refine
- 05:36, 21 November 2022 diff hist +9 m Thorium →Cost to refine: Reworded for better clarity.
- 05:25, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Thorium →Cost to refine
- 04:50, 21 November 2022 diff hist -2 m Thorium →How to breed Th232 into U233
- 04:47, 21 November 2022 diff hist +419 Thorium →Cost to refine: Added more details on extracting Th with a Carbonyl reactor.
- 04:41, 21 November 2022 diff hist +1 Thorium →Cost to refine: spelling error.
- 04:40, 21 November 2022 diff hist +48 Thorium →Cost to refine: Added more metal that can form carbonyls
- 04:35, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Thorium →Cost to refine
- 04:35, 21 November 2022 diff hist +325 Thorium I discovered Th can form Carbonyls.
- 04:10, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Rare Earths current
- 04:08, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Rare Earths →REE production on Earth
- 04:06, 21 November 2022 diff hist -6 m Rare Earths →REE production on Earth
- 04:05, 21 November 2022 diff hist +5 m Rare Earths →REE production on Earth
- 04:04, 21 November 2022 diff hist +15 m Rare Earths Better organized page.
- 04:02, 21 November 2022 diff hist +1,180 Rare Earths Added more uses of REE. and discussed locations where REE are mined on Earth.
- 03:40, 21 November 2022 diff hist +5 m Isotopes fixed grammar
- 03:39, 21 November 2022 diff hist +53 Thorium Added link.
- 03:35, 21 November 2022 diff hist +337 Thorium →Cost to refine: Discussion of cost of extraction compared to the energy value it produces.
- 03:24, 21 November 2022 diff hist +1 m Thorium →References
- 03:24, 21 November 2022 diff hist +175 Thorium →References: Added references.
- 03:18, 21 November 2022 diff hist 0 Thorium Fixed a typo.
- 03:16, 21 November 2022 diff hist +996 Thorium Added on how to breed Th232 in to U233.
- 03:03, 21 November 2022 diff hist +457 Thorium Added information on cost to refine the ore.
- 00:39, 12 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Low energy trajectories Changed order of bullets to make previous argument clearer.
- 16:07, 10 November 2022 diff hist +172 Low energy trajectories →Disadvantages: time windows for launches.
- 16:03, 10 November 2022 diff hist +949 Motivation Expanded some categories and added, Freedom, & Self Actualization categories. current
- 05:00, 10 November 2022 diff hist +1,243 Talk:Radioactive Rarity on Mars Rely
- 04:36, 10 November 2022 diff hist +100 Geothermal energy More info, location is at Cerberus Fossae, 60 km down. current
- 04:27, 10 November 2022 diff hist +357 Geothermal energy Insight likely detected movement of magma.
- 09:11, 6 November 2022 diff hist +141 Talk:Radioactive Rarity on Mars
- 16:51, 2 November 2022 diff hist +233 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added reference and Th fuel is cheaper than making U235 fuel rods.
- 16:47, 2 November 2022 diff hist +73 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added reference.
- 16:41, 2 November 2022 diff hist +79 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added reference.
- 16:37, 2 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars Formatting
- 16:35, 2 November 2022 diff hist +172 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added reference.
- 16:32, 2 November 2022 diff hist +190 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added references.
- 16:28, 2 November 2022 diff hist -1 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars Fixed spelling mistake
- 16:24, 2 November 2022 diff hist +106 Thorium Added link.
- 16:16, 2 November 2022 diff hist +136 Talk:Cost of energy on Mars Moved most of this stuff to new page.
- 16:14, 2 November 2022 diff hist -3 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars →Concentrated Ores On Mars
- 16:05, 2 November 2022 diff hist +763 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Talked about asteroid melts to concentrate elements.
- 15:50, 2 November 2022 diff hist +519 Fruit Fruit trees produce wood. Gave some low light / cold resistant fruits.
- 15:04, 2 November 2022 diff hist +34 Cost of energy on Mars Added link.
- 15:02, 2 November 2022 diff hist -2,584 Cost of energy on Mars Moved much of the discussion on Rare radioactives to another page which I linked to. Pointed out this article compares future (cheaper, more efficient solar cells) to 70 year old nuclear technology.
- 14:41, 2 November 2022 diff hist +214 Cost of energy on Mars Big sections of this are referring to nuclear power, not geothermal. Rewritten.
- 14:26, 2 November 2022 diff hist +154 Cost of energy on Mars Added link.
- 14:21, 2 November 2022 diff hist +1 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars
- 14:20, 2 November 2022 diff hist +213 Radioactive Rarity on Mars Added link.
- 14:02, 2 November 2022 diff hist -2 m Radioactive Rarity on Mars
- 14:01, 2 November 2022 diff hist +8,343 N Radioactive Rarity on Mars Created page.
- 16:56, 28 October 2022 diff hist +120 Talk:Cost of energy on Mars Hi Michel, Thanks for this. I'm busy, but in a few days I'll sit down and go into this.
- 18:34, 26 October 2022 diff hist +60 m Cost of energy on Mars →Nuclear energy production
- 18:26, 26 October 2022 diff hist +79 Cost of energy on Mars Improved sentences structure to make clearer.
- 18:18, 26 October 2022 diff hist +23 Cost of energy on Mars →Nuclear energy production
- 18:14, 26 October 2022 diff hist 0 m Cost of energy on Mars →Nuclear energy production
- 18:13, 26 October 2022 diff hist +438 Cost of energy on Mars fixed formatting, discussed how rare U/Th are on earth.
- 18:00, 26 October 2022 diff hist +2,996 Cost of energy on Mars Several edits. Working assumption is that nuclear reactors only last 10 years??? Added several references.
- 15:53, 26 October 2022 diff hist +711 Cost of energy on Mars Gave several examples where intermittent power is appropriate.
- 15:39, 26 October 2022 diff hist +453 Cost of energy on Mars Very short discussion on intermittency - base load power source or batteries. Also, discussed cleaning solar panels, dangerous.
- 15:26, 26 October 2022 diff hist +164 Crucial issues Solar is far from an ideal energy source on Mars, toned down the language encouraging it. Also added Geothermal current
- 16:57, 14 October 2022 diff hist +480 Ion thruster →VASIMR current
- 04:59, 8 October 2022 diff hist +408 Mass driver smaller mass drivers.
- 04:49, 8 October 2022 diff hist +10 m Space access →Speculative concepts
- 04:48, 8 October 2022 diff hist +98 Space access Added link.
- 04:36, 8 October 2022 diff hist +188 Solar concentrator Mars is farther from the sun, so concentrated solar must be 2.3 times larger than on Earth.
- 16:59, 4 October 2022 diff hist +1 m Brayton cycle
- 16:57, 4 October 2022 diff hist +5 m Brayton cycle →References
- 16:56, 4 October 2022 diff hist +181 Brayton cycle added reference. and a bit more info.
- 16:51, 4 October 2022 diff hist +416 Brayton cycle Mars is cold, which is a good thing?
- 16:44, 4 October 2022 diff hist +126 m Sulfuric acid current
- 16:41, 4 October 2022 diff hist +237 Magnesium Added some more uses for Mg. current
- 16:37, 4 October 2022 diff hist +285 Solar concentrator Temperature swings will be greater on Mars.
- 16:33, 4 October 2022 diff hist +543 Solar concentrator Dusting fields of mirrors is a big job. Expanded this point.
- 16:23, 4 October 2022 diff hist +10 m Meteorites →Risk and Mitigation
- 16:22, 4 October 2022 diff hist +490 Meteorites Added settlements in lava tubes and a link.
- 16:15, 4 October 2022 diff hist +428 Minerals and trace elements in food Short discussion on the CHNOPS + Salt elements. current
- 15:56, 4 October 2022 diff hist +947 Storage Different way to think about storage. current
- 15:43, 4 October 2022 diff hist +157 Mobility People on Mars will need exercise, walking and carrying materials may be encouraged. current