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Agreed. I would add that "living on mars" would be kind of a matter of speech. I mean, it would be more accurate to say you would live in a box that happens t
by grondilu 9y ago
Agreed. I would add that "living on mars" would be kind of a matter of speech. I mean, it would be more accurate to say you would live in a box that happens to be located on the surface of mars.
Mars is such an hostile environment that you'd have to live in a highly controlled, mostly closed artificial habitat. Basically, a human-grade terrarium. Saying that men in such terrariums live on mars would be just as much as a stretch as saying that fishes in aquariums live on the ground.
Honestly, if people enjoy living in a closed box, they can do it on Earth, they don't have to go to mars.
- justinpombrio 9y ago> Honestly, if people enjoy living in a closed box, they can do it on Earth, they don't have to go to mars. Or perhaps some people care about things other than their immediate surroundings?
- dwaltrip 9y ago> Honestly, if people enjoy living in a closed box, they can do it on Earth, they don't have to go to mars. This is a disingenuous strawman argument, and you know it.
- grondilu 9y agoI'm sorry, but I really don't see the point. Most of the things you would do on mars, you could do them on Earth for much less effort. Exceptions are studying mars of course, and enjoying low-gravity. I don't see either one as a life-goal thing and anyway they are not the motivations that transpire from what I read from mars enthusiasts. Call it a strawman argument if you want, but it's not disingenuous in the sense that it's my genuine, honest opinion.
- dwaltrip 9y agoIt's disingenuous because you are implying that's why people want to go to mars, but that's obviously not the reason. No one wants to simply live in a small box. It's a ridiculous assertion that waters down the discussion.