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Starship is pathetically inadequate to colonize Mars with, even if it were a good idea to try. There will be no colony on Mars. It is just possible a can could
by ncmncm 4y ago
Starship is pathetically inadequate to colonize Mars with, even if it were a good idea to try. There will be no colony on Mars. It is just possible a can could be placed there for a few people to squat in for a few months at a time. But there would be no reason to put them there. Mars is a dump, with nothing of interest to offer.
Starship is probably adequate to support a smallish Moon base, along McMurdo lines. The moon offers much of interest, particularly its billion-year-old lava tubes.
- ceejayoz 4y agoWhy would the Moon’s lava tubes be of interest, but not the ones on Mars?
- Paradigma11 4y agoBecause you could use them to build an industrial base with workers returning regularly like on an oil platform. You can also use the moon base to build spaceships without regards for aerodynamics. Or send material relatively cheap into orbit for assembly there.
- ncmncm 4y agoAny on Mars have been subject to weather, so are ordinary caves. Lunar lava tubes are wholly unique. They will probably be filled with incredible filigreed crystal structures grown by differential vacuum sublimation over uninterrupted hundreds of millions of years.
- ceejayoz 4y ago“There might be pretty crystals” is an odd thing to hang a space program on.