tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987241699123718287.post7744313472140172258..comments2023-10-23T12:57:43.485-07:00Comments on Planet Plots: Construction techniques for the early days of a Mars colony. ken_anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07612961297952294600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987241699123718287.post-32136742735264602182013-11-24T02:34:15.631-08:002013-11-24T02:34:15.631-08:00As a matter of fact, pykrete might even be useful ...As a matter of fact, pykrete might even be useful for making some of their early and very large water tanks before metal construction gets to that level! Keep the water at just above freezing it would naturally be sealed from evaporation by the pykrete which would be kept solid by the ambient temperature of mars.ken_anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612961297952294600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987241699123718287.post-76942617527015011572013-11-24T02:29:00.234-08:002013-11-24T02:29:00.234-08:00Great first article CJ. I look forward to your nex...Great first article CJ. I look forward to your next.<br /><br />I looked up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igloo" rel="nofollow">igloos</a> to get an idea about internal temperatures and insulation factors. It turns out the temperature inside matches the equitorial temperature of mars at about 68 degrees using only blocks of snow as insulation. Compressed mars regolith bricks perhaps with a layer of styrofoam would allow even higher internal temperature while maintaining the pykrete which is itself self insulating.<br /><br />Seems very doable to me and like igloo construction doesn't require a large amount of infrastructure to accomplish. They will certainly have large tanks of water for other uses as well.ken_anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612961297952294600noreply@blogger.com