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Journeying to Mars requires vast supplies

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A trip to the red planet is essentially an agonizingly long camping trip in a metal tube. Because orbital alignments dictate the flight path, crews must stockpile enough dehydrated paste and recycled water to last an incredibly long duration. It requires loading literal tons of cargo for a one-way trip where stopping for forgotten essentials is mathematically impossible.

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