Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth

Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by andai on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:35PM (#23865632)

It's backup earth. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be something. Right now we have nothing.

Right now the only off-world humans are on the ISS, and that isn't capable of continuing independently.

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by pfdietz on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:41PM (#23865670)

Now tell me how expensive it's going to be to make a Mars colony that, cut off from Earth, can not only maintain all its equipment but reproduce it, so it can grow.

I highly doubt this could be done anytime soon.

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:13PM (#23878031)

Yah well, maybe, maybe not. Instead of force projection by aircraft carriers and assorted gadgets one could instead invest in people projection by other gadgets?

Anyways, PEANUTS!

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