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Comment by dgently7

10 hours ago

I thought i read somewhere that the soil on mars is probably pretty toxic to humans, so maybe getting there safely isn't as concerning as what you'd do once you are there...

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ericd  8 hours ago

If you mean the perchlorate concentration, it's water soluble, I think we just rinse it off as part of going inside.

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