Comment Re:Hobbit (Score 1) 278
A cold near-vacuum is far different than a cold environment with high air pressure though. Keeping warm is not nearly as big of a challenge in a cold near-vacuum as heat transfer is minimized. Wind chill is a huge factor in Antarctica and almost non-existent on Mars.
A much better "proving grounds" location would be a very arid, high altitude desert like the Atacama Desert in South America.