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Why does it need hundreds of millions of people?
by kwhitefoot 6y ago
Why does it need hundreds of millions of people?
- Retric 6y agoThat’s not a requirement, that’s the goal. In theory you could have a self sufficient base with 0 people and AI, or 100,000+ people for long term genetic diversity and an automated wonderland, or ...
- bryanlarsen 6y agoElon's estimate is that 1 million people are needed for Mars to industrialize sufficiently to become self-sufficient. A good reference is Casey Handmer's blog or book. https://www.amazon.com/How-Industrialize-Mars-Strategy-Self-Sufficiency-ebook/dp/B07GN3BJX3/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1603994976&refinements=p_27%3ACasey+Handmer&s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/How-Industrialize-Mars-Strategy-Self-... https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2020/08/23/progression-of-space-industrialization/ https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2020/08/23/progression-of...
- goatlover 6y ago1 million in a few centuries seems feasible given the likely advances in technology. Hundreds of millions would require terraforming, which will likely take millennia. But those timescales are relatively short if human civilization persists. Even if Mars does not end up being ideal enough, Venus could be on a longer time scale. The article is short sighted.