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- 05:16, 25 June 2022 diff hist +9 m Propellant
- 05:11, 25 June 2022 diff hist +410 Greenhouse →Dust storms: Just noted that the power requirements of lighting plants is significant.
- 05:03, 25 June 2022 diff hist +4,120 Propellant Give some science behind why low GMM is better.
- 08:54, 24 June 2022 diff hist +52 Photovoltaics →Roll out films: This section claimed that rolling out solar films on Mars is easy. I added argument about slopes and rocks. current
- 08:47, 24 June 2022 diff hist +1,735 Nuclear power Added a new section on difficulties of nuclear power on Mars. --> dumping waste heat.
- 08:31, 24 June 2022 diff hist +571 Nuclear power Added new section and argued that traditional light water reactors are unsuited for Mars.
- 08:17, 24 June 2022 diff hist +202 Nuclear power Liquid fuels have better burn up fractions.
- 08:04, 24 June 2022 diff hist +43 m Nuclear power →Electrical power
- 07:59, 24 June 2022 diff hist +160 m Photovoltaics →Maintenance: Discussed fines on Mars.
- 07:56, 24 June 2022 diff hist +496 Photovoltaics →Power for landed ships: Fixed spelling error. Put in estimate of area needed for a rocket fuel plant using solar. Added reference.
- 07:43, 24 June 2022 diff hist +448 Photovoltaics Added reference about power losses from dust storms, and pointed out that solar power satellites would avoid this loss.
- 07:28, 24 June 2022 diff hist +27 m Photovoltaics Made sentence clearer.
- 07:24, 24 June 2022 diff hist +329 Photovoltaics Discovered study that calculates average power loss per Martian day from dust settling on solar panels.
- 07:08, 24 June 2022 diff hist +571 Nuclear power →Heat generation: Added reference to industrial processes using carbon neutral heat.
- 07:01, 24 June 2022 diff hist +281 Nuclear power →Thorium Deposits on Mars: Discussion on if Thorium ores exist on Mars.
- 06:55, 24 June 2022 diff hist +290 m Nuclear power →Electrical power: Added argument which call into question the practicality of solar power on Mars.
- 06:50, 24 June 2022 diff hist +76 Nuclear power →Molten Salt Reactors: Corrected science error.
- 14:21, 14 June 2022 diff hist -4 m Carbon dioxide →Concentration: improved clarity of sentence current
- 13:22, 3 June 2022 diff hist +83 m Super Greenhouse Gases →Super Greenhouse Gases (SGG)
- 13:01, 3 June 2022 diff hist +96 m Super Greenhouse Gases →Super Greenhouse Gases (SGG)
- 12:56, 3 June 2022 diff hist +566 Super Greenhouse Gases Added perflubutane, & Octafluorocyclobutane. updated some values in table.
- 11:57, 3 June 2022 diff hist -7 m Super Greenhouse Gases →Super Greenhouse Gases (SGG)
- 11:50, 3 June 2022 diff hist -26 m Super Greenhouse Gases →Super Greenhouse Gases (SGG)
- 11:47, 3 June 2022 diff hist +1,458 Super Greenhouse Gases More information, on NF3, and added references.
- 11:18, 3 June 2022 diff hist -48 m Atmospheric loss fixed reference (copied pasted wrong text)
- 11:16, 3 June 2022 diff hist +124 m Atmospheric loss Added a reference .
- 11:13, 3 June 2022 diff hist +563 Carbon dioxide Noted that there are thick deposits of CO2 at the souther pole and added a reference.
- 10:15, 3 June 2022 diff hist +31 m Super Greenhouse Gases tried to fix formatting.
- 10:13, 3 June 2022 diff hist +1,718 Super Greenhouse Gases Added several references and summarized new information found while researching.
- 09:36, 3 June 2022 diff hist +83 Super Greenhouse Gases →Compounds After the Breakdown of SGG: COF is missing a valence electron, so added that it is still reactive. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 23:34, 29 May 2022 diff hist +3 m Super Greenhouse Gases →Cost of Creating These Gases
- 23:28, 29 May 2022 diff hist +181 m Super Greenhouse Gases Improved references, and word choice to make article clearer.
- 16:24, 27 May 2022 diff hist +12 m Super Greenhouse Gases →Compounds After the Breakdown of SGG
- 09:19, 27 May 2022 diff hist +10 Super Greenhouse Gases →Cost of Creating These Gases
- 09:07, 27 May 2022 diff hist +11 Radiation shielding →Passive shielding: Concrete needs about 40% less thickness than soil for equivalent radiation protection. current
- 09:05, 27 May 2022 diff hist -10 Radiation shielding Improved grammar
- 09:01, 27 May 2022 diff hist +10 Magnetosphere Fixed link current
- 09:00, 27 May 2022 diff hist +40 Magnetosphere Trying to fix formatting. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 08:57, 27 May 2022 diff hist -12 Magnetosphere
- 08:56, 27 May 2022 diff hist +6 Magnetosphere
- 08:55, 27 May 2022 diff hist -6 Magnetosphere →Effect
- 08:12, 27 May 2022 diff hist +261 Mars Added a sentence on atmosphere and a couple links. current
- 08:06, 27 May 2022 diff hist 0 m Coronal Mass Ejections →A contingency for Mars: spelling current
- 08:05, 27 May 2022 diff hist +206 Coronal Mass Ejections →A contingency for Mars: If explorers are alert they should avoid making distant trips during flares.
- 08:02, 27 May 2022 diff hist +2 m Coronal Mass Ejections →Detecting damaging CME ions
- 08:01, 27 May 2022 diff hist +29 m Coronal Mass Ejections →Detecting damaging CME ions: Pointed out, that solar observatories watch for CME.
- 07:57, 27 May 2022 diff hist +806 Solar flares Emphasized the radiation danger of CME, more discussion on how to handle them. current
- 07:46, 27 May 2022 diff hist +18 m Solar flares Added link.
- 07:44, 27 May 2022 diff hist +115 m Radiation sickness →Solar radiation current
- 07:42, 27 May 2022 diff hist -39 m Radiation sickness →Galactic cosmic rays
- 11:22, 26 May 2022 diff hist +91 Cosmic radiation Added reference.
- 11:16, 26 May 2022 diff hist +147 Cosmic radiation Reference to NASA study
- 11:09, 26 May 2022 diff hist +8 m Cosmic radiation →Chronic effects on life
- 11:07, 26 May 2022 diff hist +10 Cosmic radiation →Chronic effects on life
- 11:07, 26 May 2022 diff hist +5 m Cosmic radiation →Acute effects on life
- 11:05, 26 May 2022 diff hist +1,824 Cosmic radiation Discussion of cosmic rays on equipment and life.
- 10:24, 26 May 2022 diff hist +40 m Super Greenhouse Gases
- 10:14, 26 May 2022 diff hist +93 m Plants →Plant Selection
- 10:08, 26 May 2022 diff hist +32 Plants Link to Biosphere 2.
- 10:05, 26 May 2022 diff hist +254 Plants Plants are not needed for life-support for early missions.
- 10:01, 26 May 2022 diff hist +52 m Microbes Added link.
- 09:55, 26 May 2022 diff hist +298 Settlement systems Radiation storm shelters.
- 09:43, 26 May 2022 diff hist 0 m Settlement systems →Higher gravity areas
- 09:42, 26 May 2022 diff hist +290 Settlement systems Added that we might need higher gravity areas in habitats.
- 09:35, 26 May 2022 diff hist +1,371 Settlement systems Discussion of dust management.
- 08:59, 26 May 2022 diff hist +147 Storm shelter Plastic stabilized soil is better radiation shielding than soil alone, and stronger. current
- 08:49, 26 May 2022 diff hist +5 m Nitrogen Added link
- 08:47, 26 May 2022 diff hist +33 m Lightning Added link current
- 08:42, 26 May 2022 diff hist +5 m Atmospheric loss →Gasses Absorbed Into Crust
- 08:41, 26 May 2022 diff hist +256 Lightning Lightning was likely more common on ancient Mars.
- 08:21, 26 May 2022 diff hist +4 m Secondary radiation Added reference current
- 08:20, 26 May 2022 diff hist +9 m Radiation shielding
- 08:19, 26 May 2022 diff hist +22 m Radiation shielding Typo, fixed formatting.
- 08:11, 26 May 2022 diff hist +137 m Lava tube Discussion of length of lava tubes.
- 15:55, 24 May 2022 diff hist +224 Lava tube →Settlement: Discussion of costs
- 15:52, 24 May 2022 diff hist -9 m Cosmic radiation
- 15:51, 24 May 2022 diff hist +10 m Cosmic radiation →Mitigating Cosmic Rays:
- 15:50, 24 May 2022 diff hist +793 Cosmic radiation →Mitigating Cosmic Rays:: Added that magnetic fields do not protect against cosmic rays.
- 15:41, 24 May 2022 diff hist +102 Cosmic radiation →Acute effects on equipment
- 15:31, 24 May 2022 diff hist +106 Radiation →Low gravity effects on atmospheric thickness
- 14:11, 24 May 2022 diff hist +1,917 Radiation shielding Many changes. Main emphasis is that for shot trips, we will accept the dose, but for long term settlements, elaborate protection makes more sense.
- 13:27, 24 May 2022 diff hist +126 Radiation shielding Example, and reworded sentence to make it clearer.
- 13:11, 24 May 2022 diff hist +7 Radiation →Effects of cosmic rays striking the regolith: Storing ice under hab to protect vs. albedo neutrons.
- 22:04, 15 May 2022 diff hist +1 m Back contamination →Earth and Mars have contaminated each other for eons current
- 11:03, 14 May 2022 diff hist -1 m Back contamination →Logical arguments for supporting taking extraordinary steps to avoid Back Contamination Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 10:56, 14 May 2022 diff hist +2 m Back contamination →Earth and Mars have contaminated each other for eons
- 10:56, 14 May 2022 diff hist +1 m Back contamination →Earth and Mars have contaminated each other for eons
- 14:13, 13 May 2022 diff hist 0 m Bacteria current
- 14:12, 13 May 2022 diff hist +2 m Bacteria
- 14:11, 13 May 2022 diff hist +50 m Bacteria
- 13:51, 13 May 2022 diff hist +8,253 N Back contamination Put to rest the idea that we need to live in fear of Mars Bacteria.
- 12:44, 12 May 2022 diff hist +555 Nitrogen Added reference, and noted that higher concentrations were found in Gale Crater by Curiosity.
- 12:21, 12 May 2022 diff hist +592 Nitrogen Discussion of typical nitrate deposits in Martian Soil.
- 08:47, 3 May 2022 diff hist +22 m Chaotic Terrain →Possible Impact(s) on Mars Formed Tharsis: current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 17:20, 17 April 2022 diff hist -1 m Chaotic Terrain →Examples of Chaotic Terrain in the Solar System:
- 17:19, 17 April 2022 diff hist 0 m Chaotic Terrain →Examples of Chaotic Terrain in the Solar System:
- 17:18, 17 April 2022 diff hist +13 m Chaotic Terrain Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 17:17, 17 April 2022 diff hist +64 m Chaotic Terrain
- 17:15, 17 April 2022 diff hist +6 m Chaotic Terrain Trying to set up a reference properly.
- 17:13, 17 April 2022 diff hist +1 m Chaotic Terrain