Will water on Mars be mined or harvested? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by nikaaa@lemmy.world to c/space@lemmy.world

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If you mine something, you can't mine it again. It's gone from the ground.

If you harvest something, then wait a certain amount of time (a year, for example), you can harvest it again.

Is Water on Mars a renewable resource?

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[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 6 days ago

You would have better luck hitting Mars with comets and meteors. The meteors to bulk up mass and (maybe) restart the core and the comets to add water.

[-] nikaaa@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I'd guess that's not practical approach.

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