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humans aren't about to colonize mars. At best we could put people on the surface for a week and return them home safely (with some non-zero probability of death

by dekhn 4y ago

humans aren't about to colonize mars. At best we could put people on the surface for a week and return them home safely (with some non-zero probability of death). What's really crazy is what it would take to build sustainable non-earth infrastructure if earth wasn't available. I mean, sure, start with space robots that can extrude aluminum, but ... if you read the story of the western colonizers, it was brutal especially if they couldn't get resupplied.

dylan604 4y ago
>if you read the story of the western colonizers, it was brutal especially if they couldn't get resupplied. For all of the places western colonizers went, there were always resources that Mars will never have. Skipping past the obvious lack of atmosphere, there are no food sources. While they have found ice meaning some water is available, it is actually potable? Trying to compare early colonizers of any place on Earth to the experiences of whatever will happen on Mars is just pure folly.
- dekhn 4y ago
  THe point is to say that if we can't win the game on easy mode, probably best not to try to win it on hard mode.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    That's a fun analogy. I feel like Musk is running through everyone's Mars mission planning meetings yelling "LeeeRoooy Jenkins!!!"
faceloss 4y ago
Robots people robots, Why people run out of imaginations when thinking about robota is beyond me. Free labour of everytype avalaible 24/7,