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No. Unless Musk has a stupendous trick up his sleeve, this is a unavoidable problem with the whole enterprise. Hard as settling in the new world was, it was tre
by jessriedel 10y ago
No. Unless Musk has a stupendous trick up his sleeve, this is a unavoidable problem with the whole enterprise. Hard as settling in the new world was, it was tremendously easier (even at the time) to settling on Mars. The best chance for a Mars colony would be an extractable resource that makes it economically sensible to support a non-self-sufficient outpost (i.e., try to become Edmonton, Canada). But there's nothing analogous to oil. The most promising natural resources in space are asteroids.
- gus_massa 10y agoHe wants to go to Mars, so they have at least one rich client that want to pay for the (one way) trip. I'm not sure about the business plan after that, but he has a good track record, so I wouldn't bet against him.
- jessriedel 10y agoI'm a pretty big Musk fanboy, but I'd bet against him. Walt Disney had a good track record too, but he was another billionaire who couldn't will away human nature in order to create a utopia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept)