Re:Living on Mars: The Stuff You Never Thought About
by Florin_Andrei on Thursday August 17, 2017 @02:10PM
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> a different day-night cycle
The duration is very close to Earth's. I don't think it will be an issue.
And since Mars is several light minutes away, and hence out of range for real-time dialogue, going out of sync with Earth's cycle will not be a huge issue either. You'll be talking via email anyway.
> reduced gravity
Yeah, that's a bigger issue.
> boredom and cabin fever
Could be an issue, yes. But if you're a scientist, you could work yourself to death in that new environment. So much to study, so little time.
> It'll be extremely expensive, really depressing, and probably pointless.
Climbing down from trees seemed the same at first.
Moving out of caves, into hand-built dwellings seemed the same at first.
Etc.
The point being, it's easy to overstate both the glamorous and the depressing aspects of something we are not familiar with.
The duration is very close to Earth's. I don't think it will be an issue.
And since Mars is several light minutes away, and hence out of range for real-time dialogue, going out of sync with Earth's cycle will not be a huge issue either. You'll be talking via email anyway.
> reduced gravity
Yeah, that's a bigger issue.
> boredom and cabin fever
Could be an issue, yes. But if you're a scientist, you could work yourself to death in that new environment. So much to study, so little time.
> It'll be extremely expensive, really depressing, and probably pointless.
Climbing down from trees seemed the same at first.
Moving out of caves, into hand-built dwellings seemed the same at first.
Etc.
The point being, it's easy to overstate both the glamorous and the depressing aspects of something we are not familiar with.