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- 13:02, 26 August 2024 diff hist +141 Cost of energy on Mars →Alternative nuclear reactor designs: Added weasel words. Mentioned that LFTR is now being built.
- 12:59, 26 August 2024 diff hist -190 Cost of energy on Mars →Solar power overall cost: Organized this sections structure. I deleted my arguments against solar, as they are repeated in the discussion section below.
- 12:55, 26 August 2024 diff hist -18 m Cost of energy on Mars →Backup power
- 12:54, 26 August 2024 diff hist +39 Cost of energy on Mars →Backup power: Separated my arguments from original poster.
- 12:52, 26 August 2024 diff hist +57 m Cost of energy on Mars →Flexible solar film: made argument clearer
- 12:47, 26 August 2024 diff hist +5 Cost of energy on Mars →Discussion: Attributed the argument I made to... me.
- 12:46, 26 August 2024 diff hist +23 m Cost of energy on Mars →Discussion: Improved organization.
- 12:42, 26 August 2024 diff hist +720 Cost of energy on Mars →Discussion: major work in this section, and added a discussion section.
- 12:23, 26 August 2024 diff hist -2 m Cost of energy on Mars →Discussion: fixed link
- 12:22, 26 August 2024 diff hist +1,266 Cost of energy on Mars →Discussion: Added to this section in several places.
- 11:50, 26 August 2024 diff hist +316 Cost of energy on Mars →Alternative nuclear reactor designs: Added modular reactors & LFTR
- 11:42, 26 August 2024 diff hist +130 Cost of energy on Mars →Solar power overall cost: High radiation lowers lifespan of PV cells.
- 11:39, 26 August 2024 diff hist +18 m Cost of energy on Mars →Backup power: fixed formatting.
- 11:37, 26 August 2024 diff hist +165 Cost of energy on Mars →Backup power: This section seems to assume that dust storms don't get worse than 10% reduction in power. Call for discussion.
- 11:34, 26 August 2024 diff hist +44 Cost of energy on Mars Dust storms usually block 30 to 60% of energy, not 95%.
- 11:30, 26 August 2024 diff hist +2 m Nuclear power changed high to "high". Make sentence more accurate.
- 11:27, 26 August 2024 diff hist +135 Nuclear power Added new problem, don't melt permafrost if you have structures supported by it.
- 11:24, 26 August 2024 diff hist +350 Nuclear power Gave two examples of how this would be useful on Mars.
- 11:18, 26 August 2024 diff hist +7 Nuclear power →Molten Salt Reactors
- 11:17, 26 August 2024 diff hist +361 Nuclear power →Molten Salt Reactors: Added link, and several minor tweaks.
- 11:06, 26 August 2024 diff hist +1 m LFTR →Comparison with solar power
- 11:05, 26 August 2024 diff hist +180 LFTR Error: changed solar storm to dust storm which is what was meant. Mentioned dust storms & cleaning PV.
- 10:52, 26 August 2024 diff hist +256 LFTR China is building first LFTR in gobi desert to open in 2029 plus link.
- 10:40, 26 August 2024 diff hist +81 m Thorium Added link.
- 10:38, 26 August 2024 diff hist -63 Thorium Removed redundant sentence because it was not needed and because it was repetitive. Also two sentences said the same thing twice.
- 10:35, 26 August 2024 diff hist -1 m Isotopes Fixed typo. current
- 10:31, 26 August 2024 diff hist +4 m Thorium →Concentration of thorium: Fixed grammar.
- 10:31, 26 August 2024 diff hist +18 m Thorium →Concentration of thorium: fixed grammar in sentence.
- 10:29, 26 August 2024 diff hist -91 Thorium Added citation. Made wishy-washy sentence clearer & stronger.
- 09:55, 26 August 2024 diff hist +8 m Long duration space flight →Cumulative Radiation Exposure current
- 09:53, 26 August 2024 diff hist +7 m Long duration space flight 'current' means 2024.
- 06:24, 24 August 2024 diff hist +1 m Ozone →Ozone & Planetary Science current
- 22:54, 23 August 2024 diff hist +27 m Electricity →Nuclear energy: Added Link.
- 22:47, 23 August 2024 diff hist +8 m Mars orbit Added 2 links.
- 22:46, 23 August 2024 diff hist +297 Mars orbit Expanded this very short article a bit.
- 22:39, 23 August 2024 diff hist +16 m Space launch system
- 22:38, 23 August 2024 diff hist +281 Space launch system Added section on high cost of use and cost overruns.
- 22:29, 23 August 2024 diff hist +4 m Ozone Added link.
- 22:20, 23 August 2024 diff hist +11 m Global warming Added another link.
- 22:19, 23 August 2024 diff hist +260 Global warming Added link. Expanded article slightly.
- 22:10, 23 August 2024 diff hist 0 m Heavy Ions →Shielding Considerations: Fixed link. current
- 22:09, 23 August 2024 diff hist +159 Heavy Ions The conclusion that heavy ions will require all settlements to have shielding BETTER than a solar storm shelter is wrong. Rewrote this paragraph.
- 22:00, 23 August 2024 diff hist +42 m Mars →Human Exploration and Settlement: Added link. current
- 21:59, 23 August 2024 diff hist +8 m Mars →Human Exploration and Settlement
- 21:58, 23 August 2024 diff hist +39 m Mars →Notable Features
- 21:57, 23 August 2024 diff hist -12 Mars →Aereography (Martian Geography): Mars does not have very strong winds.
- 21:51, 23 August 2024 diff hist +244 Geothermal energy Added link showing Mars may have had eruptions 53,000 years ago. current
- 21:47, 23 August 2024 diff hist +239 Geothermal energy Geothermal might also generate water.
- 21:44, 23 August 2024 diff hist +191 Geothermal energy →Availability: If volcanoes were active 10M years ago, then there still are geothermal hot spots.
- 21:39, 23 August 2024 diff hist +141 Origin of Mars and its Elemental Composition Noted that Mars formed farther from the Sun, so may have started with more volatiles.
