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by politician 1700 days ago
Under STP and 1G, yes. Mars isn't at STP or 1G, so they can't assume that the Earth-standard machinery will work without modifications. This is a reasonable thing to experiment with.
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lazide 1700 days ago
Which I was referencing with ‘depending on the bar’, though it’s a well understood enough process that those variables are generally well understood.

Yet they aren’t, correct?

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