Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by jjoonathan on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:34PM
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I see it less as a rewrite and more as the founding of a competing company.
> Other than that, Antarctic or below the sea are other viable options to escape to. And they’re right here.
That's the problem. There is no strong barrier to incentivize independence.
Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by glenneroo on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:04PM
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For an overall less pessimistic outlook for what life on Mars might be like, I can highly recommend the Mars Trilogy from Kim Stanley Robinson.
It begins with an initial colonization with 100 scientists and ends ~150 years on with some far-out yet IMO occasionally plausible ideas.
Of course, we’ll build the same mess as before and forget the million special cases we didn’t bother thinking about.
No need to be defeatist though. The prospect of space exploration picking up again is an exciting one. And even if we’re not going anywhere, we’ll learn new stuff along the way.
Other than that, Antarctic or below the sea are other viable options to escape to. And they’re right here.