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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by vacri on Thursday March 23, 2017 @07:35PM (#13945346)
The only people going to Mars for the foreseeable future will be those with explicitly useful skills that can only be done in person. The 0.01% are going to be dead weight up there unless they have such a skill. And given it's a one-way ticket... how much social pull will the 0.01% have over the people with actual skills.

You may be a multibillionaire on earth, but being able to sell widgets to the masses isn't a skill that's going to be needed (or appreciated) on Mars for quite a while. Cut off from your wealth, you're just another mouth to feed.

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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by flogic on Friday March 24, 2017 @01:45AM (#13946930)
More importantly if the population of earth is facing critical systems collapse, what are the odds of the next critical resupply mission the Mars colony actually launching. It's not like a martian colony would be self sufficient anytime soon.
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