water.

[ac30fspad35]

could you mine water on asteroids or the mars polar caps.

and then suck the water into a container and have water for you kerbals.

[ReptilianGameplays]

Ehm, well... Could be a good idea when mining is implemented.

But you see, there's no hunger or thirst on the game.

AND Duna's ice is not water ice, it's CO² ice, or dry ice if you will ("melts" into gas instead of liquid)

[ac30fspad35]

what about condensation from the gas?

[jwenting]

would still not be water. You do know that there are several different liquids, and only one of them is called water?

[Deathsoul097]

No... Uh, there isn't a liquid state of CO2, it just skips that and goes straight to gas. (That's called sublimation, IYDK) So, CO2 can't condense, and it wont be able to form water either, as there isn't hydrogen present. You could possibly extract the )2 and use it as Intake Air and Oxidizer though. Water mining can eventually be useful in the game, if it turns out that the stock LF/O is a super dense but relatively inefficient variant of Hydrolox, but other than that, unless LS gets implemented water mining would be useless, as the devs have confirmed it: No harmful radiation.

[Dodgey]

No... Uh, there isn't a liquid state of CO2, it just skips that and goes straight to gas. (That's called sublimation, IYDK) So, CO2 can't condense, and it wont be able to form water either, as there isn't hydrogen present. You could possibly extract the )2 and use it as Intake Air and Oxidizer though. Water mining can eventually be useful in the game, if it turns out that the stock LF/O is a super dense but relatively inefficient variant of Hydrolox, but other than that, unless LS gets implemented water mining would be useless, as the devs have confirmed it: No harmful radiation.

CO2 does have a liquid state, but not at standard sea level pressure, if you raise the pressure high enough it will condense into a liquid.

[Deathsoul097]

Ah well, Hmm. Problem is that we are talking about much lower pressures that sea level though. I acknowledge that you are right, and I don't dispute that, but in this particular situation It doesn't make much of a difference.

[allmappedout]

No... Uh, there isn't a liquid state of CO2, it just skips that and goes straight to gas. (That's called sublimation, IYDK)

Only at low pressure above 5.1 Atm it can form a liquid, so perhaps there may be some liquid CO2 on Eve, where the atmosphere is horrifically thick. (for science!)

Edited February 7, 2014 by allmappedout

[Dodgey]

Ah well, Hmm. Problem is that we are talking about much lower pressures that sea level though. I acknowledge that you are right, and I don't dispute that, but in this particular situation It doesn't make much of a difference.

Just wanted to be sure, but back to the original topic, both mining water and having the water for your Kerbals would fall under life support and resource mining which are both on the What Not To Suggest List.

[lajoswinkler]

Only at low pressure above 5.1 Atm it can form a liquid, so perhaps there may be some liquid CO2 on Eve, where the atmosphere is horrifically thick. (for science!)

Nope, it's too hot for that, even with the erroneous temperature management we now have.

Sea level pressure is 5 atmospheres and the temperature fluctuates between -40.19 °C and 149.96 °C. CO2 is just gas on Eve.

[vexx32]

Seeing as this falls under the category of Resource Mining, it's one of the many items on our [thread=36863]What Not to Suggest List[/thread]. As such, I'm going to have to close this; please take the time to have a cursory scan through the list.