Elon Musk argues that putting a million people on Mars ensures humanity's future

Re:Elon Musk argues that putting a million people on Mars en... by nemo on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:53PM (#8390320)

Alaska is relatively inhospitable, cold, distant from main human cultural centers. Mars is vastly more so. While science fiction might give an imaginary fantasy of life on Mars appeal, if there were somehow a fact rather than a fantasy of some kind of habitation being possible there, the reality wouldn't be pretty. I'd imagine we'd use the planet as a penal colony for the dregs of society if it were a reality rather than a fantasy.

Also, I wonder how your version of "many people" compares to the population of Alaska.

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Re:Elon Musk argues that putting a million people on Mars en... by waterlesscloud on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:59PM (#8390376)

So people only think they'd like to live on Mars, but you know they really don't?

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Re:Elon Musk argues that putting a million people on Mars en... by nemo on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @03:07PM (#8390437)

No, I don't know, just imagine it would be different than how they imagine it. I don't see living there through the lens of science fiction so much as biology.

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Re:Elon Musk argues that putting a million people on Mars en... by DonHopkins on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @09:19PM (#8392347)

There are people I think should live on Mars, who wouldn't agree.

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