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by Luyt 3721 days ago
Indeed. They mention the composition of the atmosphere, but the low pressure is conveniently forgotten about. The Mars atmosphere is like a vacuum: 0.00628 atm. Earth atmosphere normal pressure is 1 atm. Essentially, being on the surface of Mars is being in space. And what about the radiation? Mars has no magnetic field like Earth has. So the Solar Wind has free play on the surface.
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Which makes living on the Moon suddenly not look so bad!