Mining iron on Mars to energize exploration base

From: CALYK@aol.com
Date: Wed Mar 03 1999 - 17:27:02 MST


from NASA's expressnews:

Bringing Mars into the Iron Age - NASA scientists are developing ways to
mine and process iron ore for energy production on Mars, creating technologies
needed to support a human colony. A new idea, incorporating some techniques
that are thousands of years old, uses Mars' iron to build antennas capable
of receiving microwave power from space. Full story:

  http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/msad03mar99_1.htm



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