Just finished reading Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky and have Mars on the brain, so this is serendipitous. I also appreciate this sentiment, having expressed

Just finished reading Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky and have Mars on the brain, so this is serendipitous. I also appreciate this sentiment, having expressed something similar to some overly optimistic friends: “Mars is nowhere near being a plan B home for humanity anytime soon. Consider a worst case climate scenario … (5 terrifying sentences outlining climate catastrophes, resource wars, and billions of climate refugees)… That planet? Eden compared to Mars or the Moon.”