(Deck One Lavatory)
On board the Bolo One, we don’t have any problems like that because the artificial gravity system makes it work just like an Earth toilet and shower. That way, we can use the bathroom the same way you do. Good thing, eh?
* Can you breathe on Mars without a space suit? Ricky – Virgo 59, 0025 (09-14-2006)
Not yet. The atmosphere of Mars is mostly carbon dioxide, about 96%. Then nitrogen follows that at 2.7%, argon at 1.6%, and oxygen at only 0.2%. From there, the quantities fall off even more for carbon monoxide, water vapor, nitric oxide, neon, krypton, formaldehyde, xenon, ozone, and finally methane at a mere 10 parts per billion. By comparison, Earth’s atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases. I say, ‘Not yet’ because there are a lot of very smart people working on the idea of terra-forming Mars. That is, to someday change the environment in such a way as to make the air thicker, warmer, and less toxic. Something like that will take a very long time, maybe several hundred to a thousand years to complete. Or perhaps someone who is in school right now might come up with a better way to make those changes in just a few decades. Who knows?