Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by justinpombrio on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:31PM
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> Honestly, if people enjoy living in a closed box, they can do it on Earth, they don't have to go to mars.
Or perhaps some people care about things other than their immediate surroundings?
Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by dwaltrip on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:11PM
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> Honestly, if people enjoy living in a closed box, they can do it on Earth, they don't have to go to mars.
This is a disingenuous strawman argument, and you know it.
Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by grondilu on Friday June 16, 2017 @05:09PM
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I'm sorry, but I really don't see the point. Most of the things you would do on mars, you could do them on Earth for much less effort.
Exceptions are studying mars of course, and enjoying low-gravity. I don't see either one as a life-goal thing and anyway they are not the motivations that transpire from what I read from mars enthusiasts.
Call it a strawman argument if you want, but it's not disingenuous in the sense that it's my genuine, honest opinion.
Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by dwaltrip on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:39PM
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It's disingenuous because you are implying that's why people want to go to mars, but that's obviously not the reason.
No one wants to simply live in a small box. It's a ridiculous assertion that waters down the discussion.
Mars is such an hostile environment that you'd have to live in a highly controlled, mostly closed artificial habitat. Basically, a human-grade terrarium. Saying that men in such terrariums live on mars would be just as much as a stretch as saying that fishes in aquariums live on the ground.
Honestly, if people enjoy living in a closed box, they can do it on Earth, they don't have to go to mars.