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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by Jweb_Guru on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @07:36PM (#28623429)
We haven't done it yet, but even if we had it's not a comparable analogy. We have a plan to get a few people to Mars that (while not exactly cheap) could conceivably happen. Similarly we already have lab-grown meat at very small scales, at a fairly high markup.

What would be a comparable analogy would be maintaining a stable, economically sustainable colony on Mars with similar population growth to what we might experience on Earth. Nobody has any remotely realistic proposal for how we are going to get there, just as no one has a remotely viable proposal for how to scale up current lab grown meat production to even an appreciable fraction of current meat consumption.

Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by mixmastamyk on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:54AM (#28625582)
The article is as hand wavy with defeatism as enthusiasts. Mars would never support current levels of population on it, it’s too small and tech can’t change that.
Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by knownjorbist on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:50AM (#28626370)
They said population growth like we see on Earth, not the total population. It's only too small for the total population if we assume the current inputs and outputs of humanity on Earth.
Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by mixmastamyk on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:27PM (#28633129)
Not a useful distinction.
Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by pas on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:55AM (#28625973)
How is it too small?
Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by mixmastamyk on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:22PM (#28633032)
Size affects everything. Area, gravity, atmosphere, radiation, all related.