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by SpaceNut
Wed Apr 08, 2026 8:45 pm
Forum: Meta New Mars - Membership Information
Topic: Housekeeping - This forum - performance, etc
Replies: 41
Views: 230

Re: Housekeeping - This forum - performance, etc

newmars is back up just need to fix the image server path
by SpaceNut
Tue Apr 07, 2026 12:28 am
Forum: Concentrated solar power thermal creation
Topic: Shiny parabolic or mirror use
Replies: 11
Views: 10924

Re: Shiny parabolic or mirror use

so far the compression brick crack when removing them as seen with the sulfur binder and they are not regular shaped

Image
by SpaceNut
Tue Apr 07, 2026 12:22 am
Forum: Terraformation
Topic: Mars (dust) regolith to bricks: (was "Shiny parabolic or mirror use")
Replies: 2
Views: 36

Re: Mars (dust) regolith to bricks: (was "Shiny parabolic or mirror use")

I found it and while the perchlorates are there I wonder what they are bound to for elements.
by SpaceNut
Mon Apr 06, 2026 8:04 pm
Forum: Concentrated solar power thermal creation
Topic: Shiny parabolic or mirror use
Replies: 11
Views: 10924

Re: Shiny parabolic or mirror use

Marspedia references Poor quality bricks can be made with simple compression, tho stronger bricks can be made with gentle heating. See Brick for more information. https://marspedia.org/Brick https://marspedia.org/Dust https://marspedia.org/Sand https://marspedia.org/Regolith here is the copilot outp...
by SpaceNut
Mon Apr 06, 2026 12:28 am
Forum: Concentrated solar power thermal creation
Topic: Shiny parabolic or mirror use
Replies: 11
Views: 10924

Re: Shiny parabolic or mirror use

Perseverance Perseverance has identified a diverse mineral suite in Jezero Crater, pointing to a wet, formerly habitable environment. Key discoveries include olivine-rich igneous rock (Máaz and Séítah formations), carbonates, smectite clays, and hydrated silica. The rover recently discovered kaolini...
by SpaceNut
Sun Apr 05, 2026 11:48 pm
Forum: Concentrated solar power thermal creation
Topic: Shiny parabolic or mirror use
Replies: 11
Views: 10924

Re: Shiny parabolic or mirror use

just a quick google AI the response is Comparison to Actual Mars Fines/Dust Composition: While simulants try to match the iron-rich composition, they rarely replicate the exact mineralogy, specifically missing the exact amorphous silicate structure and, until recently, lacking the toxic perchlorates...
by SpaceNut
Sun Apr 05, 2026 1:04 pm
Forum: Membership Communication
Topic: SpaceNut Postings
Replies: 27
Views: 115

Re: SpaceNut Postings

I had adjusted your id to have the admin levels as that was how we are able to get newmars fixed back then. your the site manager so you have a different level than I as an admin. over under the quick links the team show you some information for each member you will find interesting I think I am und...
by SpaceNut
Sun Apr 05, 2026 12:30 am
Forum: Concentrated solar power thermal creation
Topic: Shiny parabolic or mirror use
Replies: 11
Views: 10924

Re: Shiny parabolic or mirror use

the issue is not that we can not glue mars together is that mars is not uniform at the sites we are visiting. They each have wide missing ingredients to make a unified regolith simulant once ground up that works as advertised.
by SpaceNut
Sun Apr 05, 2026 12:28 am
Forum: Membership Communication
Topic: FOQ1 Postings
Replies: 23
Views: 130

Re: FOQ1 Postings

yes you have the moderator tag which is a bit different than the admin to which I have.

here is the look for the moderator view.
by SpaceNut
Sat Apr 04, 2026 6:11 pm
Forum: Membership Communication
Topic: FOQ1 Postings
Replies: 23
Views: 130

Re: FOQ1 Postings

the upper right corner has the software tag and under it is Quick links FAQ ACP and its this last that lets you into the administrative control panel.

here is the example of the features one might be able to change