Comments on: Where are the caves on Mars?

By: Fredrick Hinojosa

Fredrick Hinojosa — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:05:40 +0000

We send one rover into the canyon and one into the mons area caves or two in each we put into orbit five satilites each with two combination cave exploring rovers each rover has two drones both recharge the rover and fly for twenty minutes each with cameras and rover recuing aids ,incase a rover finds a bottomless pit maybe put a hydrogen rechargeable booster rocket on the bottom thats ejectable and can be replaced in case of emergence.also on the orbiting satilites we put several replacement drones incase those that go into caves that have weird walls and ceiling as we know our caves are crazy get damaged

By: Fredrick Hinojosa

Fredrick Hinojosa — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:55:26 +0000

what about the so called grander canyon isn’t it several miles deep .why not drop a cave finder probe with a flying drone on it to enter any caves found around mons all of them , explore them all before we send human beings ,,,surely we can make a five year low orbiting cave finder something solar so it nevers dies continues to orbit for years and years and on these satelites we put rovers with drones also with a drone that can fly out of the caves to get sun power then back into the cave to recharge the rover maybe give the rover a rechargeable booster rocket incase it falls into a bollomless pit,,,this should be possible in this low gravity,,, maybe watching on get stuck deep will enspire a human trip to Mars…But even better a large cave system with hot springs and cold water falls large enough for 200 personal and crops maybe send seeds that the rovers can plant if a deep atmosphereic situation appears ..

By: Mark McSherry

Mark McSherry — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:06:37 +0000

Talk of martian pits, lava tubes, and caves reminds me of this-

In Robert L. Forward’s 1991 SF novel ‘Martian Rainbow’ there is much discussion about the quickest, cheapest ( and dirtiest ) way to terraform Mars. The general consensus is that an atmospheric pressure between 1/3 to 1/2 of Earth’s was necessary ( the pressure at the top of Mt Everest is 1/3, or 350 millibars, that of sea level). One character even suggests digging a deep hole…” We just go to the middle of Hellas Basin and dig a hole forty kilometers ( 24 miles ) deep. The Martian atmosphere rushes in, and bingo, down in the bottom of the hole we have half an atmosphere.”