Martian air, was: Zubrin and O'Neill

>
> >>>>I guess that when one has ready access to nuclear power, as
Zubrin
> always
> seems to have in his proposals, then why worry about such trivial
matters
> as reduced light due to a 100-day dust storm?>>>>
>
> The waste heat from the nuke would be useful when it comes to
heating the
> habitat. This would hold true for a colony of the moon as well.

Not true on the moon. You're going to have a problem of waste heat.
Remember, the moon is in virtual vacuume and regolith is not a good
thermal conductor.

king_rodent (putting the eek in geek)