Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?
by post_from_work on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:45PM
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>>>Once you have the ability for individuals to launch multi ton payloads on escape velocity, you have the ability for individuals to launch multi ton payloads at earth.
An important plot point in Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" https://www.amazon.com/Moon-Is-Harsh-Mistress-audiobook/dp/B...
Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?
by earleybird on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:32PM
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Not forgetting "Mike" :-)
Once you have the ability for individuals to launch multi ton payloads on escape velocity, you have the ability for individuals to launch multi ton payloads at earth. While such an individual could target Mars and Earth, the implication of the technology level of a self sustaining mars base is that mankind will be spread throughout the solarsystem (at least the asteroids, venus clouds, mars, moon and earth), and at that stage wiping out the species becomes even harder.