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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by haram_masala on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:33PM (#23865607)
It has pretty intense radiation at the surface, though. Humans would have to dwell well underground to approach a normal lifespan.
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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by pantaloony on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:53PM (#23865766)
Living on Mars is like living in a bunker on Earth while a global catastrophe is underway. Except it’s always like that.
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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by gpm on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:55PM (#23865781)
Except you had time to plan for the exact conditions of the "catastrophe", and no one is shooting at you or bombing you, and there is no chance of further catastrophes like an earthquake.

Also - why is this a response to the person you responded to?

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by paulryanrogers on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:06PM (#23865843)
Once the Martian population reaches any significant number there will be violent crimes.
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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by gpm on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:17PM (#23865928)
Violent crimes? Yes. People starving to death because the sky has been choked out who want to break into your habitat kill you and steal all your food? No.

It's the latter that a large scale catastrophe on earth causes.

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