Mars likely to have enough oxygen to support life: study

Re:Mars likely to have enough oxygen to support life: study by rohit2412 on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:57PM (#18297522)

I am not seeing what you mean to say. Will starting a costly Mars settlement dependent on Earth for resources prevent these asteroids? Isn't a self sufficient pod on Earth/space/moon much easier starting point? Isn't a nuclear bunker under the Earth as safe from these calamities as a settlement on Mars itself?

Finally, I don't think a meteor which wiped out dinosaurs will wipe out humans. We can always use a nuclear bunker and save a few hundred humans with years of food to survive on.

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Re:Mars likely to have enough oxygen to support life: study by richardknop on Thursday October 25, 2018 @11:32PM (#18306578)

Moon has no atmosphere so there is very little protection against cosmic impacts. For Earth, at least, small meteorites burn when falling through upper atmosphere. I am not sure about Mars' atmosphere and how much it protects against impacts.

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