so power on Mars is going to be very important and it will have to have the
important and it will have to have the
important and it will have to have the ability to run the microwave oven and
ability to run the microwave oven and
ability to run the microwave oven and along with the oxygenator and everything
along with the oxygenator and everything
along with the oxygenator and everything else that we’re going to need to survive
else that we’re going to need to survive
else that we’re going to need to survive you need power every civilization needs
you need power every civilization needs
you need power every civilization needs power it’s what we fight wars over it’s
power it’s what we fight wars over it’s
power it’s what we fight wars over it’s important we can do it in a couple of
important we can do it in a couple of
important we can do it in a couple of ways one we can use all ourselves we
ways one we can use all ourselves we
ways one we can use all ourselves we have very thin sheet solar panels that
have very thin sheet solar panels that
have very thin sheet solar panels that we can create now that are very light
we can create now that are very light
we can create now that are very light that’s just like a thin sheet of plastic
that’s just like a thin sheet of plastic
that’s just like a thin sheet of plastic but solar energy on Mars is a bit thin
but solar energy on Mars is a bit thin
but solar energy on Mars is a bit thin Mars is solar irradiance is about half
Mars is solar irradiance is about half
Mars is solar irradiance is about half that of the earth so on a beautiful
that of the earth so on a beautiful
that of the earth so on a beautiful sunny day in the middle of summer at the
sunny day in the middle of summer at the
sunny day in the middle of summer at the equator on Mars you’re only getting
equator on Mars you’re only getting
equator on Mars you’re only getting about 60% of the sunlight that we get on
about 60% of the sunlight that we get on
about 60% of the sunlight that we get on earth what is even more worrisome is the
earth what is even more worrisome is the
earth what is even more worrisome is the fact that it could periodically be
fact that it could periodically be
fact that it could periodically be blacked out by dust storms that would
blacked out by dust storms that would
blacked out by dust storms that would leave you without any power dust storms
leave you without any power dust storms
leave you without any power dust storms are an issue on Mars they’re visible
are an issue on Mars they’re visible
are an issue on Mars they’re visible from space we can see that Mars just
from space we can see that Mars just
from space we can see that Mars just kind of turns into a hazy red ball the
kind of turns into a hazy red ball the
kind of turns into a hazy red ball the solar power will only work for a little
solar power will only work for a little
solar power will only work for a little bit until the dust settles on top of the
bit until the dust settles on top of the
bit until the dust settles on top of the surface so ultimately solar is
surface so ultimately solar is
surface so ultimately solar is relatively inefficient on Mars
relatively inefficient on Mars
relatively inefficient on Mars however it’s simple and easy to use well
however it’s simple and easy to use well
however it’s simple and easy to use well we first land on Mars we’ll probably put
we first land on Mars we’ll probably put
we first land on Mars we’ll probably put up a lot of solar panels one of the most
up a lot of solar panels one of the most
up a lot of solar panels one of the most important resources is water now there’s
important resources is water now there’s
important resources is water now there’s water to be found everywhere on Mars in
water to be found everywhere on Mars in
water to be found everywhere on Mars in the soil at at least five percent by
the soil at at least five percent by
the soil at at least five percent by weight levels the reason we’re
weight levels the reason we’re
weight levels the reason we’re interested in waters it’s not just
interested in waters it’s not just
interested in waters it’s not just because we’re gonna melt it and brush
because we’re gonna melt it and brush
because we’re gonna melt it and brush our teeth with it which ok we can do
our teeth with it which ok we can do
our teeth with it which ok we can do that
that
that but also because water is made up of
but also because water is made up of
but also because water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen and those are the
hydrogen and oxygen and those are the
hydrogen and oxygen and those are the two components of rocket fuel using
two components of rocket fuel using
two components of rocket fuel using Mars’s atmosphere and plentiful supply
Mars’s atmosphere and plentiful supply
Mars’s atmosphere and plentiful supply of water plus energy makes your rocket
of water plus energy makes your rocket
of water plus energy makes your rocket fuel and you do that with a chemical
fuel and you do that with a chemical
fuel and you do that with a chemical reaction called the Sabatier reaction
reaction called the Sabatier reaction
reaction called the Sabatier reaction and so you break apart the hydrogen and
and so you break apart the hydrogen and
and so you break apart the hydrogen and the oxygen and now you’ve got this fuel
the oxygen and now you’ve got this fuel
the oxygen and now you’ve got this fuel source and that can help sustain you and
source and that can help sustain you and
source and that can help sustain you and keep you in this place other type of
keep you in this place other type of
keep you in this place other type of resources could be nuclear you know by
resources could be nuclear you know by
resources could be nuclear you know by using plutonium or small reactors you
using plutonium or small reactors you
using plutonium or small reactors you can actually generate like we do on
can actually generate like we do on
can actually generate like we do on earth right now we know that we can take
earth right now we know that we can take
earth right now we know that we can take plutonium 238 we use that in our
plutonium 238 we use that in our
plutonium 238 we use that in our spacecraft
spacecraft
spacecraft you know curiosity is powered by
you know curiosity is powered by
you know curiosity is powered by plutonium 238 thing is you can have a
plutonium 238 thing is you can have a
plutonium 238 thing is you can have a reactor capable of powering a city that
reactor capable of powering a city that
reactor capable of powering a city that you actually can put into space and and
you actually can put into space and and
you actually can put into space and and set up on another planet it doesn’t have
set up on another planet it doesn’t have
set up on another planet it doesn’t have to be gigantic eventually as we grow on
to be gigantic eventually as we grow on
to be gigantic eventually as we grow on Mars and we create significant size
Mars and we create significant size
Mars and we create significant size habitats and we bring more people in
habitats and we bring more people in
habitats and we bring more people in nuclear power is probably our answer
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