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>that a mid-to-upper class family in California might decide to move to Mars instead of buying a house on Earth I don't know the details of what he suggested,
by FatalLogic 10y ago
>that a mid-to-upper class family in California might decide to move to Mars instead of buying a house on Earth
I don't know the details of what he suggested, but, when we talk about 'families' I think most parents would hesitate to subject their children to the rigors and risks of an early-stage Mars colony, even thought they might be keen themselves. Retirees, the childless, and people without plans to have kids soon would be a safer bet for early colonists
- ifdefdebug 10y agoI'm not sure. If that was true, colonization of America by Europeans would not have succeeded. If they succeed to put up some bases and a workable, extensible agriculture (honestly I doubt I will see that within my life time), colonists will come - and bring in or have their children there.
- kitsunesoba 10y agoThis is kind of my line of thought. I wouldn't go today, but a couple decades from now once I've had kids and they're grown up? Sure, why not.
- rwallace 10y agoIf you don't have children, then you don't have a colony. At best, you might have a pathfinding expedition intended to prepare for a future colony, but then there's a case to be made that the money and time might be better spent improving various supporting technologies.