r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InsaneMocktail • 12h ago

NASA released the clearest images of Mars

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u/Dukkiegamer 12h ago

Yes! Except they need water or something else to cool them down.

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u/Particular-Sport-627 12h ago

average temp on mars is -80 fahrenheit, perfect place for them data centers

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u/ElijahQuoro 11h ago edited 7h ago

It’s even colder in outer space. Mars atmosphere is very sparse (0.6% of Earth pressure on ground level) so you can’t use its atmosphere effectively for cooling purposes.

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES 11h ago

I know far too much about Mars because Andy Weir is a nerd that writes good books

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u/Mycroft033 7h ago

Ooooh love me some Andy Weir

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u/pichael289 2h ago

One thing the Martian got wrong is what the guy above you is getting at, that storm at the beginning can't possibly happen. Mars doesn't have wind like earth does. There might be a way to leverage this for some other form of cooling, some kind of much more fragile heat sink that can also radiate away the heat maybe. Mars has an absolute abundance of a resource we compete over here, land. Musk could build giant heat sinks and configure them so we can see his big dumb face though a backyard telescope.

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u/AlternatinCurrently 4h ago

Andy Caps was preferred for his fries.

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u/Timmetie 1h ago edited 14m ago

Andy weir writes good books but he's a bit of an idiot when it comes to science, the fact Mars pretty much doesn't have an atmosphere debunks many things about his book.

I know far too much about Mars

If you think you know it from reading Andy Weir, then no you don't.

If you want to read about Mars from a popular writer that does know a bit of science, try Zach Weinersmith's "A city on Mars", he's the author of the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics and a pretty fun writer.