Comment on I hacked mars!
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoasking with no experience in this field, what about those 50+ year old glass jars with worms and plants and stuff in them? Do those not count for some reason?
Comment on I hacked mars!
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoasking with no experience in this field, what about those 50+ year old glass jars with worms and plants and stuff in them? Do those not count for some reason?
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They work, but there are no humans inside them.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
biologically, humans aren’t that special. if you can reliably sustain insects in an ecosystem, it’s not that big of a jump to feel humans as well.
Tinidril@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Earth is pretty much just a big one. Jury is still out on our ability to maintain it.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You need a very big one though, and humans need a more varied diet than soil bugs.
You’d also need to deploy the system, or find a way to maintain it all the way from Earth orbit to Mars’ surface.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
You can use the spaceship as a habitat! That way you don’t need to ship an extra habitat … an advantage of reusable rockets.
As for the ship size, starship has about 1000 m³ volume of living space, so you can have a mini-greenhouse in there for growing some vegetables and salad (since those have to be fresh). You have to bring high-calorie food though or grow it outside, since it consumes more area.