Re:Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-the...
by Retric on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:13AM
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I agree going to Mars is never going to be a useful for evacuation, but it could help if we where already there.
Most plausibility the long duration space flight should prevent the common cold from making the trip which would also prevent many hypothetical super plagues from doing so as well. In theory you could do the same on earth, but it’s unlikely for a self sustaining underground colony to consistently maintain that level of quarantine for new arrivals.
However getting a self sustaining population on Mars that could survive indefinitely is currently just science fiction and making the trip is the least difficult hurdle for changing this.
Most plausibility the long duration space flight should prevent the common cold from making the trip which would also prevent many hypothetical super plagues from doing so as well. In theory you could do the same on earth, but it’s unlikely for a self sustaining underground colony to consistently maintain that level of quarantine for new arrivals.
However getting a self sustaining population on Mars that could survive indefinitely is currently just science fiction and making the trip is the least difficult hurdle for changing this.