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Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It's just too deep to tap.
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I think its a bit soon to be arguing that it actually is too deep to tap tho since we are already actively developing microwave-based superdeep-borehole drilling tech here on earth that could get us there. mind u 20km of tether and accompanying rig/power supply isn't exactly a light payload so definitely something to do later in MarsCol when things are already decently established.
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The nice thing is that you technically don't need a singular pipe and in fact might want to avoid that.
Instead, think about it like a series of terraced reservoirs. Every 700 meters you have a well and a pump that feeds from the one below. It might seem more complicated but in practice you're not running a abhorrently strong single system that has to be wholly disassembled the moment it has a minor psychological crisis.