And any lower than that, it would freeze (which would be the default given that the surrounding atmosphere would be at around -60°C / -80°F)
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Fun fact: if you wanted to keep an open-air swimming pool on the surface of Mars, you'd have to keep it heated at a temperature exactly between 0°C and 0.5°C (about 32°F). Because the atmospheric pressure on Mars is so low, water would boil if its temperature got any higher.
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Now, fun medical puzzle: if you took off your spacesuit on the surface of Mars, what would immediately happen to you? Would you...
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I'm sure the folks who made The Martian had to figure this one out
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You've just ruined my dreams of a pool house on Mars. Way to start the Sundaypic.twitter.com/8f8iurcYEr
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Fun question, is it "air" in the open on mars?
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Good to know ; ).
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Likely explode before boiling (internal pressure would maintain bp at 100C until pressure drops due to rupture), probably explode before freezing (thermal mass takes time to cool)
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Or you could have a saltwater pool.
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Wouldn't its freezing point is also different given low pressure?
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So, basically on Mars there’s a very thin line between bathing in normal water and bathing in boiling hot water!
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That sounds like you're describing pretty much all showers :-D
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