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Fit-Capital1526 t1_je1m567 wrote
Reply to comment by dirtballmagnet in More Water Found on Moon, Locked in Tiny Glass Beads by LanceOhio
Maybe not melt, but heat and force the release of water rich volatiles. Then it is time for fractional distillation to separate the volatiles. Water might not be the only thing we would want
Fit-Capital1526 t1_ja93kbb wrote
Reply to comment by anotheroutlaw in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
As the OP pointed out. Callisto is the easiest of the Jovian moons to visit. It is also ideal as a jumping off point for the rest of the Jovian moon. With predictions about the idea we will have put people on Mars by the 2100s. The idea of a semi-permanent or permanent base on Callisto being built in by 2200 is pretty likely
Fit-Capital1526 t1_ja8ti7j wrote
Reply to comment by anotheroutlaw in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
500? I mean it’s entirely possible in the next 200 or so years. Tunnelling is a pretty good industry for some nations, and is likely to only improve considering the protection an underground structure would offer on the Moon and Mars
And that would be 8 generations at worst. At the moment, major hurdle is getting a manned mission to Callisto
Fit-Capital1526 t1_je1nhfm wrote
Reply to comment by EightballTV in More Water Found on Moon, Locked in Tiny Glass Beads by LanceOhio
An awful lot of water is locked in the ground anyway. This has very little affect overall. It barely touches what is entering the short term water cycle from the melting of Greenland (which was declared doomed a few years ago)