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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Replying to @KevinSimler
iirc far more ppl apply for antarctica programs than can be accepted
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draw of moon or mars over antarctica or bottom of ocean is anywhere on earth can be easily reached by sufficiently-motivated others
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the draw seems very different for different people. some are worried about x-risk. others want to do science. yet others want to mine for asteroids. in my view, political sovereignty and mining are the biggest potential wins. but i’m skeptical of the varied motivations
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