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We don't have the technology to make Mars anything better than a miserable hell. If we did, it would still work better to just use it here on some isolated lan
by maxerickson 5y ago
We don't have the technology to make Mars anything better than a miserable hell.
If we did, it would still work better to just use it here on some isolated land.
- tsimionescu 5y agoNo no, didn't you read the article? With Starship we could launch 12 * 100,000 30m wide light sails and heat up Mars! Such a ridiculous idea puts the rest of the article in a very questionable light for me.
- ncmncm 5y agoIt is a fact that we could launch light sails, and even heat up Mars a bit. The idea might be silly, but at least it is thinking big. Some other big idea will be better, including several of those listed after the light-sails bit. The earth-sized radio telescope made out of Starlink transceivers is an obvious winner. Total coverage ground radar using the transceiver antenna is another.
- Ekaros 5y agoIf such thing could be used to heat up Mars, could it be used to cool down Earth?
- whatshisface 5y agoThe technology to make mars psychologically livable may simply be having some people grow up there.
- maxerickson 5y agoThe comment I replied to was about people with wealth and power "escaping" there.