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> [Y]ou need to accept [that] everyone on Mars [will] live in relative poverty for generations. I think this point is by far the easiest one to address. Histor

> [Y]ou need to accept [that] everyone on Mars [will] live in relative poverty for generations. I think this point is by far the easiest one to address. Historically, there have always been people willing to do dangerous things (ie exploring the Arctic / Antarctica). I don't think you'd have any trouble finding people willing to give up their Earth lifestyle for a chance to explore the "frontier" even with the knowledge that they couldn't come back.

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dmitriid 6y ago
Those explorers always have the luxury of going back to civilisation after relatively short excursions into the unknown. I doubt many people are willing to live the entirety of their lives in constant danger and constrained resources. And even fewer of those people will have the skills needed to run a complex technological society (and you will need a lot of technology to survive on Mars).
- FlyMoreRockets 6y ago
  Colonists to the new world of the Americas didn't count on going back.
  - Retric 6y ago
    There was a constant string of boats going back to England and many people did so. What kept people in the America’s was they where better off there than Europe not the inability to leave.
- deadmetheny 6y ago
  >Those explorers always have the luxury of going back to civilisation after relatively short excursions into the unknown. I doubt many people are willing to live the entirety of their lives in constant danger and constrained resources. Yet a very large majority of North America is descended from people who did exactly that.
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  - dmitriid 6y ago
    The very large majority comes from people who settled way after the early colonists. And those, who settled, came here looking for a better life, which should tell you about the conditions they were coming from. And that is especially true for the many of the early colonists. But the most important thing: we no longer live in the 1500-1600s which is a very important factor overlooked by everyone breathlessly talking about enduring hardships on Mars

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dmitriid 6y ago

Those explorers always have the luxury of going back to civilisation after relatively short excursions into the unknown. I doubt many people are willing to live the entirety of their lives in constant danger and constrained resources. And even fewer of those people will have the skills needed to run a complex technological society (and you will need a lot of technology to survive on Mars).

FlyMoreRockets 6y ago
Colonists to the new world of the Americas didn't count on going back.
- Retric 6y ago
  There was a constant string of boats going back to England and many people did so. What kept people in the America’s was they where better off there than Europe not the inability to leave.
deadmetheny 6y ago
>Those explorers always have the luxury of going back to civilisation after relatively short excursions into the unknown. I doubt many people are willing to live the entirety of their lives in constant danger and constrained resources. Yet a very large majority of North America is descended from people who did exactly that.
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- dmitriid 6y ago
  The very large majority comes from people who settled way after the early colonists. And those, who settled, came here looking for a better life, which should tell you about the conditions they were coming from. And that is especially true for the many of the early colonists. But the most important thing: we no longer live in the 1500-1600s which is a very important factor overlooked by everyone breathlessly talking about enduring hardships on Mars