The science behind Duna’s underground!

[cratercracker]

Duna was and is a place that we all wondering about! We are interested in present, future and past!

Today I want to tell you about water on surface of Duna. Or If we will talk about the present ,underground water. We can easily understand that Duna had water on the surface in the past! We can also see large ice caps (that maybe made of different material) 

 

 

Even if water was spread all over the surface where did it go? And where can it store now?

 

We may find answers underground. If water on Duna turned it to ice, it will blend with soil. But we cannot find any ice on and in surface. Although if we go deeper, we may find caves. In such places with more water-friendly environment and less near vacuum levels of pressure, water may sustain in liquid form. It still can be there, in the underground!

Upper level still contains traces of water but not water itself.

middle level may contain ice blended with soil.

Deeper we may find zone with water in it liquid form.

Lower zone is made rock which is very dense and even past time there would't be any water.

Such underground lakes may contain simple life like bacteria. Though it won’t be multicell, It may sustain itself in the underground due to less radioactive and more safe environment.

 

 

If you know some of these facts, good job you are clever, now be more usefull and add something interesting if you can!

If you see an error in some of ideas that i presented try to correct me!

And again it is just a theory!

 

 

 

Edited February 22, 2017 by cratercracker

[Guest]

The ice caps are made out of solid CO₂ (dry ice)

_{(also, holy moly, how many of these "the science behind X" threads have been made in the past 7 days, damn)}

Edited February 22, 2017 by Guest

[MinimalMinmus]

2 hours ago, Aperture Science said:

The ice caps are made out of solid CO₂ (dry ice)

_{(also, holy moly, how many of these "the science behind X" threads have been made in the past 7 days, damn)}

A good 10 or so?

Yeah he could really do a single topic named "the lack of any sort of science behind..."

 

Oh, and someone has to make this one:

That's just a theory!

A GAME theory!

Edited February 23, 2017 by MinimalMinmus
Lack of puns

[Firemetal]

1 hour ago, MinimalMinmus said:

A good 10 or so?

Yeah he could really do a single topic named "the lack of any sort of science behind..."

 

Oh, and someone has to make this one:

That's just a theory!

A GAME theory!

I already made the Game theory reference joke in the  Science Behind Laythe thread.

Fire

[8-Bit Kerbal]

I would absolutely love if one of the planets or moons was updated to have a cave system to explore with possible underground lakes and new science biomes

[cratercracker]

7 hours ago, Aperture Science said:

The ice caps are made out of solid CO₂ (dry ice)

_{(also, holy moly, how many of these "the science behind X" threads have been made in the past 7 days, damn)}

I actually stated that the ice caps could be made of different materia!

But you made it more informative! Thank you!

[TheKosanianMethod]

20 hours ago, MinimalMinmus said:

That's just a theory!

A GAME theory!

Welcome back to the SUPERAMAZINGENDCARDTOURAMENT!

 

I think someone said this, but aren't the caps made if something that isn't water?

[Vanamonde]

This discussion of a fictional planet involves real science. And so, thread moved to the Science sub. 

[MinimalMinmus]

Just now, Vanamonde said:

This discussion of a fictional planet involves real science. And so, thread moved to the Science sub. 

Well, wouldn't you need to move (and possibly merge too) all "The science behind Xs"?

[Vanamonde]

Just now, MinimalMinmus said:

Well, wouldn't you need to move (and possibly merge too) all "The science behind Xs"?

Depends. But that isn't a discussion for this thread. 

[Zerxal]

The problem with this is you would have to either send a satellite to Duna to map the entire planet to find cave openings, or literally send like mining equipment. It would be really difficult to get down that far, and if something breaks and you don't have a replacement, rocket incoming.. 

And then, you would have to design engines that could work without much O_2.

It would be too much of a hassle to do.

 

[NSEP]

Dunian soil also is like very rusty, becauseof its rusty color.