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People talks about "the rocket" but who's building the other stuff to survive and then come back from Mars?
by ccarpenterg 15y ago
People talks about "the rocket" but who's building the other stuff to survive and then come back from Mars?
- drm237 15y agoComing back isn't required if the goal were to create a settlement on mars.
- hugh3 15y agoCreating a self-sustaining settlement, though, is even harder than creating a return rocket. As a first step we should see if we can create a self-sustaining colony in Antarctica.
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- rbanffy 15y agoA self-sustaining settlement on Mars is not that difficult. Mars is not nearly as barren as the Moon.
- JabavuAdams 15y agoCreating a self-sustaining colony anywhere is hard. Especially, if it has to work the first time.
- rbanffy 15y agoYou can stockpile supplies before humans get there. It doesn't have to self-sustain for as long as the supplies last. You can also send machinery to extract materials from the environment.