I’m not a materials scientist, can you please explain how room temperature superconductors eventually leads to Mars colonization? Serious question. I hear a lot about how it’ll change society, but it just seems to be “existing tech but slightly better” from what I’ve read.
I am not a material scientist either and my knowledge is extremely limited so here’s a discussion with people far more knowledgeable explaining everything : https://feddit.de/post/2121990
From that thread, one of the techs it may lead to or vastly improve is a Railgun like launch systems, nuclear fusion, and i think i read somewhere that it can help make artificial gravity a thing.
One other thing is that a lot of our cutting edge technology rely on using superconductors that are cooled to extremely cold temps using helium and a room temp superconductors would mean that these cutting edge tech could be available for everyone.
Don’t worry. If the recently discovered superconductors at room temperature lk-99 is real they’ll be visiting mars.
I’m not a materials scientist, can you please explain how room temperature superconductors eventually leads to Mars colonization? Serious question. I hear a lot about how it’ll change society, but it just seems to be “existing tech but slightly better” from what I’ve read.
I am not a material scientist either and my knowledge is extremely limited so here’s a discussion with people far more knowledgeable explaining everything : https://feddit.de/post/2121990
From that thread, one of the techs it may lead to or vastly improve is a Railgun like launch systems, nuclear fusion, and i think i read somewhere that it can help make artificial gravity a thing.
One other thing is that a lot of our cutting edge technology rely on using superconductors that are cooled to extremely cold temps using helium and a room temp superconductors would mean that these cutting edge tech could be available for everyone.
My take on it is that it does improve existing tech, but by a lot. That makes whole new use cases possible. Consider long-distance power transmission.