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Resouces from Mars will most likely be sent to orbiting shipyards to build ships for conquering The Belt rather than to Earth.

• rbanffy 6y ago
  In that regard, the Moon may be a much better spot - lower delta-v to orbit, simple availability of highly specialized, long supply-chain components (from Earth), abundant solar (4+x Mars). It gets hotter than Mars, which is an issue, but I'd assume most delicate things would live underground, in lava tubes or similar places (which probably have abundant water ice easily extractable).
  • girvo 6y ago
    The lack of even a thin atmosphere might prove troubling, but we’ll have to conquer that if we wish to expand to the belt regardless, I think... The Expanse books really got my imagination going!
    • m4rtink 6y ago
      Right ? And they did that just by introducing a super efficient torch drive. Otherwise most technology is not that much advanced from what we have now, yet there is a believable human civilization spanning preatty much the entire Solar System. Expanse is a really nice demonstration that drive technology is one of the most important if not the most important technology for space settlement. :)