This is something I’ve believed for a long time: Humans aren’t going to colonize Mars. Or anywhere off Earth. Not for many decades. Why? MUCH too costly and dangerous. Who would raise kids there? Antarctica is orders of magnitude easier — yet ppl show no interest. More below:https://twitter.com/hughhowey/status/1134540120877649921 …
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I mean, I think one of those sounds a lot more interesting than the other. We pretty much know what's up with the bottom of the ocean. Human eyes have never seen most of the solar system. If I'm giving up my whole life to move somewhere, it's not gonna be the mariana trench.
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What do you think we’ll learn from living on Mars that we can’t learn by sending probes? (Earnest question.)
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Uncharitably, I'd guess "surface of Mars" viscerally feels more like "another continent" i.e. habitable with a few oddities, whereas oceans elicit the correct feeling of "no". OTOH kelp farming and other aquatic primary production (not residence) could feed ~infinite population.
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