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If Musk is able to help bootstrap passage to Mars, I can fully see a non-trivial percent of colonists willing to take on 5 years of indenture and hard, dangerou
by bane 10y ago
If Musk is able to help bootstrap passage to Mars, I can fully see a non-trivial percent of colonists willing to take on 5 years of indenture and hard, dangerous, labor in exchange for passage. I can even see the rich "sponsors" staying here on Earth until Mars is suitably developed for comfortable living.
- maxerickson 10y agoYou think there is a ready supply of people so detached from reality? Come to Mars, work for free for 5 years, enjoy the bleak circumstances in the years that follow.
- LSCanaan 10y agoThere are people already willing to go on a one-way ticket. I don't think it's too hard to believe.
- maxerickson 10y agoThey are provisionally willing, I'll put more weight on that declaration once they are on their way. I also speculate that there are a number of people willing to go for historic prestige (or something like that), while most potential indentured tickets would have to see some pretty terrific economic prospects at the other end of the contract (it's warm on Earth and the air is free).
- bane 10y ago"Come to Mars!" "Build a Better Tomorrow!" "Start Over in a New Life![1] "Free Transit, Food, Clothes and Shelter![2]" "Only a 5 year contract!" [1] new identities and Martian Citizenships issued after a simple medical checkup [2] air and water are not included in this great deal