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Not so fast. People thought living in orbit would kill you, yet here we are, some having lived up there for over a year. Think of Mars as a premade space statio
by gumballindie 3y ago
Not so fast. People thought living in orbit would kill you, yet here we are, some having lived up there for over a year. Think of Mars as a premade space station core, of masive size, with premade shields against asteroids, a gravity generator, resources within reach, energy, and water.
- gizmo686 3y agoThe analogy to the ISS would be a science base Mars. That does not get you interplanetary trade, or asteroid mining. Tourism is at least conceivable, but the number of people who could plausibly afford a ticket is tiny; and the journey time would be hard to justify. The market for low earth tourism is already tiny; and exists only because everything needed was already built to support the science mission. For asteroid mining; just go to asteroids. It seems bonkers to set up your base at the bottom of a gravity well for no particular reason. For trade; there is nothing of particular value on Mars. If you are already there, then on site production makes sense. Otherwise, skip the trip and gravity well and find an asteroid to mine.
- gumballindie 3y agoThere seems to be a stream of people that strongly against colonising mars. Why?
- happyopossum 3y agoPartly because Elon is advocating for it, and people have been conditioned to vociferously oppose anything espoused by someone who differs from your core political beliefs.
- throwaway5959 3y agoThere are infinitely better things to spend our money on with regards to space.