[meteorite-list] Phoenix Analyzing Martian Soil Data

[Darren Garrison]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:54:09 -0400, you wrote:

>Not to mention having most of the material needed to manufacture rocket 
>fuel in situ (just add the iron or better yet aluminum shavings) to get 
>the heck out when necessary.  

Hm.  That makes me think... if we ever make it to Mars and decide to stay a
while, maybe a skyhook would be possible.  I have my doubts that the right type
of unobtanium will ever be found on Earth to make one practical/feasible here,
but with the much lower gravity for Mars, a geostationary orbit half as high,
and less wind to worry about, it might be more doable.