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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by chr1 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:18AM (#22536150)
Not having good lighting is indeed a dealbreaker, but there's no real reason why we can't make artificial lights that look close enough to the sun.

Similarly if some caves are street sized, being there would not feel like being underground. Add to that better vr, and ability to jump really high due to low gravity and living in martian cave will be almost better than living in many cities here on earth (of course this is assuming 0.3g is high enough to prevent adverse effects astronauts see in 0g).

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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by hutzlibu on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:36AM (#22536323)
Sure. I also see no reason why we could not engineer domes that shield us from the radiation. Or at least shield good enough to allow for some hours every day "outside".

But the first pioneers will be probably cave dwellers or will die of cancer after a few years. Which is probably exepteble for quite some people, if they get those pioneer years instead...

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