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

Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by natch on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:01PM (#23865819)

As long as it’s on the same planet, it’s still all our eggs in one basket.

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by jhanschoo on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:29PM (#23866009)

What kind of failure scenario would have a Mars shelter better than any post-apocalypse Earth shelter?

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by manicdee on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:15AM (#23868344)

Mass political unrest, another pandemic, combined with overpopulation leading to complete collapse of food systems.

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by Can_Not on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:00PM (#23877951)

All of those scenarios combined are much more manageable than Mars.

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by manicdee on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:10PM (#23961924)

All the problems on Mars are resolved through engineering.

The problems on Earth are the result of humans thinking their egoes are more important than the life support system of the spaceship they live on.

Eventually the people problems will ruin civilisation on Mars, but that will come after the “common foe” of simply surviving on Mars has been sufficiently cowed.

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Re:Mars is, at best, no less risky a place than Earth by natch on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:53PM (#23866495)

“any”? Just what did you have in mind?

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