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Re:The Driest Place on Earth by nitwit005 on Sunday March 24, 2024 @03:19AM (#39805597)
> Why do people want to go to Mars?

Mostly, they don't. Most people don't even want to move far from their place of birth.

There's a lot of romance around the idea of exploring the other worlds, but most people want someone else to do it.

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Re:The Driest Place on Earth by rakejake on Sunday March 24, 2024 @07:52AM (#39806613)
Haha. Very true.A person who has a solid community has no reason to uproot him/herself and go through a risky venture. You could argue a healthy civilization needs a tribe of lonely rootless people to maximize their risk-taking abilities.
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