Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:14PM
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Much like life at the top of Mt Everest. People go there for a few minutes at a time, but nobody can imagine living there.
I've argued, put a colony on top of Mt Everest first, as a kind of kindergarten step. If that works out for a year or so, then we've solves some of the problems of a colony on Mars.
Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by pauljurczak on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:11PM
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> I can't actually imagine what could happen to Earth that would make it worse than Mars
Global thermonuclear conflict.
Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by DiogenesKynikos on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:35PM
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Even after a thermonuclear conflict, Earth would still have an atmosphere, water, soil and lower levels of dangerous radiation. There's really nothing that can cause Earth to become worse than Mars.
Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by keymone on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:56PM
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The issue is not with long term effects, it’s that the impact itself wipes out human race entirely.
Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by cmrdporcupine on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:58PM
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I think it's a highly dubious proposition to imagine human beings lasting on Mars for more than a generation or two.
After an asteroid impact at least there'd likely be breathable air and some water and oceans still around. Most of an atmosphere.
Mars is a radioactive, extremely cold, thin atmosphered dustbowl without breathable air and no life to speak of.