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Visions of a settled Mars always seem to have vast domes, but is a future on the Red Planet a domed one? And how should they be built?
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Credits: Domes Of Mars
Episode 421; November 16, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Donagh Broderick
Konstantin Sokerin
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Don't know about diamond however synthetic sapphire 'glass' looks like a good contender with current technology.
What? You didn’t mention aluminium oxynitride. Mr. Scott would not be happy. 😉
You could research and make a video about alien technologies reaching the SOUL level, the GOD level. About their possible capabilities of traveling through out the dimensions, denying matter. You see, matter means nothing. An advanced alien civilization had passed this phase.
PS: All your videos are great.
How are staircases less dangerous for brittle Martian bones?
Dust storms.
Especially planet wide ones that last weeks or even months.
All exterior surfaces are subject to erosion.
Ok for diamond, but any metal is in trouble.
Storms of that magnitude generate huge static charges so ventilaton and off world communication could be affected.
#onlythebrave (or foolhardy)
I don't know if it's been speculated, but why not build classic castles, but with an overlay of domes. That could have a lot of fun SF and fantasy applications IMO
No ones told this moron that the mars isn’t actually red yet huh?
Why can't we have multiple layers of domes with gradually decreasing pressure in successive domes? This would give multiple layers of protection and time to make repairs
I always figure domes would be the best way to go for now. The idea of being able to engage in planet wide terraforming at this stage in our technological development seemed implausible to me. Elon Musk's dream of altering Mars environment on such a massive scale during a human lifetime just wasn't realistic. We probably will have done manned exploration of Mars and maybe have set up a small scientific outpost there by the time he's in his 80's.
The planet Arakkis, also known as Dune.
The planet Mars, also known as Dome.
To be the 1st to set up mars for the rest of us would be the biggest heroes ever. The chance to get up there, mess up and die is scary crap. Love your work Issac.
There's an easier shape to transport and offer protection on the surface of Mars than a dome. Regolith could be used to cover over it. Windows would be on the side. Mirrors close to, could help to reflect light inside such a structure.
Self cleaning domes in domes.
The infrastructure to build a dome or inflatable on Mars away from a ship would be enormous. A different type of structure would be a lot easier for on Mars.
blown out not sucked out :/
In such an environment windows are a dangerous luxury.
Dang dude i just realized that you are not the dude on the big bang theory "kripke" I was convinced that was you haha
Unlike nuking the poles, could tungsten rod"thor or oden" shots make hellas planitia deap enough for life?
The idea that the extra half hour on Mars would be used for sleep instead of squeezing the colonists for more "productivity" makes me want to live there already.
Domes have the problem of once you insulate it enough to keep the heat in, can enough light get in to justify using natural light, or might you just as well dig a cave and provide light? The cave would have a robustness that domes lack. That being said, I think the first successful martian colony will be a rotating habitat orbiting the planet.
If we terraform Mars and Venus at the same time, we can manufacture the diamondoid dome panels needed for Mars out of atmospheric CO2 collected by skyhooks on Venus.
HANOI 🇻🇳
The problem with allowing a 'leak' would be loss of humidity as well as any much less available nitrogen or argon buffer gas.
But you could probably do a reasonably efficient heat/cold exchanger that freezes or liquifies CO2 and eject just that.
A good use for the excess waste CO2 (a lot might be absorbed by plants grown for fresh food) would be inflation of a large work chamber to nearly 1 atmosphere, where people could work on large equipment with just warm clothing and an air supply. If kept just below the air pressure of the main hab, you'd only need a couple pressure-sealed doors and a "dust room" for changing out of work clothes in between, as the small amount of air lost wouldn't matter much, and the air pressure difference would keep most dust and CO2 out of the hab.
Why are you so concerned? Cydonia hasn’t had an accident in 878…hold on…ok, 0 hours. Continue. 😉💙🚀
To add to your comment on decompression, explosive decompression in space is a hollywood myth. You can't vent atmosphere faster than the atmospheric pressure.
@Isaac Arthur: Maybe you should make one of those OpenAI GPTS based on your content, and set it up as "Chat with Isaac Arthur about future technologies". Wait until they improve the security though – right now it's apparently easy to trick the chatbot into revealing the underlying content database.
My favorite mars mission in sci fi is found in Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
Hey…
If you infused water with nitrogen under gass presure.
And froze it down to liquid Nitrogen level…
Would this be viable as to insulate current warm superconductors to the point it can cheap enough?
With the low outside pressure couldnt an inflatable, flexible material be held up just by keeping earth pressure atmosphere inside? This would increase the impact resistence of the dome as it could flex to some degree like rock thrown into a hanging curtain.
Great episode!