All Terrain Vehicles are everywhere these days. Soon they will be on the Moon and Mars. The Moon Dust is said to be very fine and like Volcanic Ash could be hurtful to human lungs. The great thing about it you see is that you will be wearing a space suit and apparatus so you will not be breathing the dust anyway. However once you are back inside the special Moon Colony and take off your suit it must be cleaned otherwise you could breath in this dust. Mars is much different in that the sand is not toxic so one you get back inside the Mars Colony you can close the air lock and then simply dust yourself off real well and not worry about it much. One thing that has not been discussed lately is the number of accidents, broken arms and deaths of ATVs here on Earth. Some consumer groups want to take away these toys because they are dangerous. I say well, perhaps on Earth they are dangerous, but all in all ATVs on the Moon and Mars are already considered 5000 times more dangerous and 100,000 times more costly. However the danger is not from a broken arm as the gravity is less there, but rather from puncturing your space suit and dying from lack of oxygen. So we need to send a letter to these consumer groups which are calling for more Federal Regulations on our ATVs, I mean come on their consumer safety regulations theories are completely senseless indeed. Think on it. |
