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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > Mars + Consciousness
 
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Nov 3, 2009

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steinrokkan posted:

You seem to be awfully glib about the fact the atmosphere is saturated with sulphuric acid, which seems like something to account for when talking about the ease of maintaining a colony.
mmmnot at the altitude they're talking about. if the steel balloons lose about 30km of altitude then they would indeed begin to be eroded and probably never rise again. if the cloud cities nasa proposes sink to a point where they encounter meaningful amounts of SO4 poo poo's already hosed anyway.

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