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Well, we're going to have to colonize mars at one point. That's not a debate. We can't survive as a species with all our eggs in one basket (pun intended, give
by deanCommie 3y ago
Well, we're going to have to colonize mars at one point. That's not a debate.
We can't survive as a species with all our eggs in one basket (pun intended, given the context) where a single rock flying through space can wipe out all the gains of our civilization.
In the long term, this will require planetary-scale terraforming.
In the short term, this will require seasonal unmanned supply drops and so the experience will not be dissimilar to McMurdo and Mars Colonists will also be cooking their "last egg of the year"
In the medium term, I have to imagine we will have to conduct experiments with either developing livestock on Mars, or growing satisfactory animal protein replacements in a lab.
- JohnMakin 3y ago> Well, we're going to have to colonize mars at one point. That's not a debate. I don't know why people say this like it's a fact. It'd be cheaper to fix the planet. Even if it weren't, the moon is many magnitudes closer. Also, "terraforming" mars isn't even possible. Mars has no magnetosphere - if you managed to create an atmosphere at all, it would be promptly blown away by solar winds and radiation.
- MagicMoonlight 3y agoSolar winds aren’t literal winds. The atmosphere doesn’t just “blow away” on a windy day. When people say the atmosphere blew away they mean over a period of millions of years. We can easily resupply an atmosphere every million years.