Mission to Mars
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Mission to Mars
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 Research Cost: 2500
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| Scientists study exploration and colonization of the red planet. | |||||||||||||||
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| Though it is scarcely an appealing home, there is no better prospect within our solar system for eventual colonization than our crimson neighbor, Mars. It lacks a breathable atmosphere, the radiation risk from both galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles is extreme, the soil is flooded with toxins, and the low gravity will weaken both bones and muscles and cause cardiovascular problems. Then there is the cold, and the minimal supply of water... And with travel each way also taking months, at least until such time as we have made profound progress in spaceflight technology, only the bravest and hardiest pioneers would dare take this chance. Yet if humanity is ever to explore the stars, or settle on further-out planets, or to trace our alien visitors to their own homeworld, there is simply no choice other than Mars. In terms of temperature, sunlight, and simple proximity, no other planet in our system comes close. Our scientists are now confident that the settling of a limited number of highly-trained personnel will be possible, thanks to a combination of highly complex life-support systems and certain cyanobacteria capable of photosynthesis even on Mars' hostile surface. The latter, grown at sufficient scale, can generate both food and oxygen locally, and allow the propagation of more complex organisms. It is from these starting blocks that long-term life on Mars will begin. | |||||||||||||||
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| Mission to the Asteroids • Mission to Mercury | (100%)Mobile Space Science Lab | ||||||||||||||
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| Allows sending probes to Mars and inner-system asteroids and the construction of habitats at those locations | |||||||||||||||
| Allows exploration and construction at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Points and asteroids in the Earth orbital region | |||||||||||||||
| The number of habitat mining modules we can support without paying a Mission Control cost increases by 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Factions that contributed more to this tech will complete scans of the space body faster | |||||||||||||||
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| "It takes so very little for one tribe of humanity to look upon a second tribe as The Other. Think of what will happen once hundreds of millions of kilometers lie between us." Chancellor Li Qingzhao, The Academy "Distributed Humanity" | |||||||||||||||
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| TITechTemplate_CSV • TIProjectTemplate_CSV • TIOrgTemplate_CSV • TITechTemplate_EN • TIProjectTemplate_EN • TIOrgTemplate_EN | |||||||||||||||
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