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> The 15th century colonists came to a place that was resource rich in whatever a colony could need: food, water, building material, etc. Martian colonists will
by simiones 5y ago
> The 15th century colonists came to a place that was resource rich in whatever a colony could need: food, water, building material, etc. Martian colonists will not have that luxury.
But this is the key point: there were plenty of desirable things in the Americas. There is absolutely nothing of any value whatsoever on Mars that can't be found much, much more easily on Earth.
- admissionsguy 5y agoThe adventure and freedom to shape a new society (relatively) free from historical constraints might be valuable in itself for some people. I might be interested, but the quality of life and size of closed system habitats would need to improve by a large factor compared to what exists currently. Also, alien artifacts.
- dylan604 5y ago>Also, alien artifacts. Indigenous people artifacts. Let's not be rude. ;-)
- trevyn 5y ago>There is absolutely nothing of any value whatsoever on Mars that can't be found much, much more easily on Earth. Ungoverned land.
- simiones 5y agoThat's anti-value: it is much harder to live in ungoverned land than decently governed land. If you're fleeing North Korea, you'll flee to China or South Korea, not to an anarchy.