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Re: Celestial Navigation on the surface of Mars
From: Morfydd James
Date: 2018 Nov 7, 21:13 -0800
From: Morfydd James
Date: 2018 Nov 7, 21:13 -0800
I haven't read the book. I saw the film though. I started thinking about navigating on Mars when I read that magnetic compasses don't work there. In a dust storm that obscures the Sun you might become hopelessly disoriented. It would be like going back to the dark ages.