Quote (thesnipa @ Jun 23 2015 12:42am)
I understand that frogs are made up of a plethora of different molecules, all of which are relatively easy to account for as most if not all are known. Hurtling through space however, you would have no idea what you would encounter. Using that process doesn't the electromagnet need to adjust in order to account for materials of different composition or is it simply able to repel all things with no adjustment but varying degrees of repulsion? These are the only two possibilities i see physically possible, both pragmatic for space armor application. Minute adjustments would be impossible at high speeds and varying degrees would mean some things would likely collide with your ship because the magnet doesn't push them away enough.
Are we 100% sure that the soil composition of mars can not support plant life?
Obviously without the implementation of a pseudo-atmosphere to contain oxygen it wouldn't be possible but we could easily build agricultural hubs into future colonies provided the soil can support life, or even be made to support life. Or just haul a barge/compartment with some amount of workable soil. With enough additives and some sort of compost system soil could be maintained for a long time. Indians grew corn in sand by planting a dead fish beneath the seed, otherwise the soil wouldnt have supported the plant. Same concept, different planet.
You raise a good point actually. To plan a one way mission, I'm sure this is one of the first things tested. Interesting with the corn seed and dead fish method.
Thanks for the insight
How about solar energy and the temperature, though?
I do believe that a diet on Mars would be very different to Earth still ... And not in a good way either.