Comments on: The gigantic lava flows off of the solar system’s biggest known volcano https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-gigantic-lava-flows-off-of-the-solar-systems-biggest-known-volcano/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-gigantic-lava-flows-off-of-the-solar-systems-biggest-known-volcano/#comment-1315448 Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:42:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84162#comment-1315448 In reply to Blair Ivey.

Blair Ivey: On Earth a 5% grade might be hearty, but in Mars’ 38% gravity it is more equivalent to a 2% grade.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-gigantic-lava-flows-off-of-the-solar-systems-biggest-known-volcano/#comment-1315445 Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:22:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84162#comment-1315445 “That average drop of about 270 feet every mile is not particular steep, . . .”

Works out to about a 5% grade. That is very respectable, especially if you want to move something up it.

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