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After watching the movie, "The Martian," I wondered why anyone would want to live there... at least the first 1,000s of people. It's not hospitable to humans a

After watching the movie, "The Martian," I wondered why anyone would want to live there... at least the first 1,000s of people. It's not hospitable to humans and we as humans will need to create a vaccuum tube like city that if penetrated could kill all who lived in it. This thought might be way off per seeing one movie, so I'd love to hear someone tell me otherwise..... like why inhabiting a inhospitable planet to humans is a good idea.

BinaryIdiot 11y ago
The big thing is to get people off world, learn and innovate to make it easier. Ultimately you want at least one backup plan for the human race so if we all die due to who knows what (giant asteroid, gamma ray burst, yellow stone going off, etc) the human race can live on. Musk has been interviewed before saying he wants at least one large group of people acting as a backup. It would be a shame if we stayed on Earth hoping to get the technology to make a place 100% hospital before leaving; who knows how long that would take and how much innovation we'd lose out on for not being bold.
jeremyjh 11y ago
It would probably be thrilling for a couple of weeks, if you knew you were going back to Earth after that. There are definitely some people who would love to dive into the challenge of building a marginally comfortable existence there. For most people it would be wretched misery. Philip K. Dick explores this a little bit in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
Keyframe 11y ago
After watching the movie, "Total Recall" (first one) I wondered why anyone wouldn't want to live there... at least the first 1,000s of people. It's hospitable to humans and mutants alike and it has a nice structure over the city, which is a security risk if penetrated to be honest. This thought might be way off per seeing one movie, so I'd love to hear someone tell me otherwise..... like why inhabiting an enclosed city hospitable to humans isn't a good idea.

BinaryIdiot 11y ago

The big thing is to get people off world, learn and innovate to make it easier. Ultimately you want at least one backup plan for the human race so if we all die due to who knows what (giant asteroid, gamma ray burst, yellow stone going off, etc) the human race can live on. Musk has been interviewed before saying he wants at least one large group of people acting as a backup. It would be a shame if we stayed on Earth hoping to get the technology to make a place 100% hospital before leaving; who knows how long that would take and how much innovation we'd lose out on for not being bold.

jeremyjh 11y ago

It would probably be thrilling for a couple of weeks, if you knew you were going back to Earth after that. There are definitely some people who would love to dive into the challenge of building a marginally comfortable existence there. For most people it would be wretched misery. Philip K. Dick explores this a little bit in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

Keyframe 11y ago

After watching the movie, "Total Recall" (first one) I wondered why anyone wouldn't want to live there... at least the first 1,000s of people. It's hospitable to humans and mutants alike and it has a nice structure over the city, which is a security risk if penetrated to be honest. This thought might be way off per seeing one movie, so I'd love to hear someone tell me otherwise..... like why inhabiting an enclosed city hospitable to humans isn't a good idea.