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Re:A 1950s proposal to nuke Alaska (2015) by dylan604 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:46PM (#23720593)
Tell that to the Martian colonies. Maybe if you're considering feed the population of Earth it might seem silly, but for off-world populations that will be the only way to grow food.
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Re:A 1950s proposal to nuke Alaska (2015) by TheOtherHobbes on Friday July 03, 2020 @09:54AM (#23724037)
The idea that we can even have Martian colonies is ludicrous given our current skills.

Getting there is the easy part. Building a self-sustaining ecology on Mars is harder - much harder. And if you look into the research, you'll see there's much less than you'd think.

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