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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Ravaging of billions (not thousands unless you are a Jesus riding a dinosaur christian.  ) of year of ionizing radiation from the sun simply means more exotic elements (the fun stuff at the bottom of the Periodic Table) are likely to form. Exotic is valuable. |
I was referring to thousands of years of human civilization ravaging the useful, easily obtainable bits of metals and such. Mars, having been a wet planet, is speculated as likely to form many of the same ores as Earth. And they haven't been picked up and dug out and stuck in someone's pockets yet.
Deuterium, I believe, is also supposed to more plentiful on Mars. Useful for fusion, if we ever get that working.